Traditional Navajo culture involves many ceremonies. Often, the ceremonies are for curing illnesses. There are also other ceremonies, which teach history and responsibility to the Navajo. Ceremonies have also kept the Navajo language alive. Ceremonies help solve problems among the Navajo, and also are used to celebrate important events.
Chanters are the people who conduct ceremonies.
They are not priests, but hold a high place in Navajo society. All ceremonies have a set sequence and order, which must be followed. The Navajo believe in living in harmony with nature as caretakers of Mother Earth. They believe in a Creator of the Universe, and that the Creator lives between the Four Sacred Mountains. The Creator gave the Navajo all that they need to live.