Ceremonies are also used to celebrate joyous occasions and they are also used to help us solve problems within Navajo society and within the family. During these counsels everyone must agree on what is best, or they will come together again until they can. Our Navajo music is a very important part of the ceremony and also has great power. Our ceremonies are very sacred to us. The Holy Ones watch us and see how we protect them.
People come here and try to learn about our ceremonies to write a book, or make a movie.
But they are not interested in the power or truths in the ceremony. They are only interested in making money. In some of these books you can find some of our most sacred stories that teach us how to live, some of the greatest lessons of life. These are things that should not be told outside of the ceremony, for they have great power, and used in the wrong way can cause great harm to Mother Earth and all things that live on it. We decry these people who have exploited our culture for their own ends.