What were Navajo weapons and tools like in the past?
Navajo hunters used bows and arrows. In war, Navajo men fired their bows or fought with spears and rawhide shields. Navajo tools included wooden hoes and rakes for farming, spindles and looms for weaving, and pump drills for boring holes in turquoise and other beads. What other Native Americans did the Navajo tribe interact with? The Navajos traded regularly with other tribes of the Southwest. Their favorite trading partners were the Pueblo tribes. The Pueblo and Navajo Indians exchanged not only trade goods but customs, fashions and technology as well. Other times, the Navajos fought against the Pueblos and other neighboring tribes such as the Apaches and Utes. Usually these were raiding battles, not all-out wars. The Navajos had different ideas about war than Europeans did. The Europeans considered a direct attack honorable but thought sneaking in and stealing things was cowardly. But to the Navajos, stealthily raiding another tribe’s camp was a brave deed because it meant risking th
