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Dine Sites

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Dine Sites." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/dine-sites.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Dine Sites. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/dine-sites

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-dine-sites,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Dine Sites},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/dine-sites},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Dook'o'oosliid, the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona, sacred to the Diné (Navajo), the Hopi and many other Native nations as a holy mountain that bounds their world. It remains a living place of prayer.

Facts

Overview

What Defines This Grouping

Places within Dinetah, the homeland bounded by four sacred mountains. Their standing comes from the ceremonial narratives and the chantways that name them, and most carry nothing built and nothing an outsider would see. 2

Status

Status Today

Living. The places are in current ceremonial use, and the knowledge attached to them is held by particular practitioners who decide what is said about it. 2

Dook'o'oosliid (The San Francisco Peaks)

Dine Sites

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Dine (Navajo) Sacred Sites

This small group holds a sacred site of the Dine (Navajo) people, a place within the sacred geography bounded by the four sacred mountains that define the Navajo homeland and figure in their ceremonies and origin narratives. These are sites of a living culture.

The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance with respect for the living Dine tradition.

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