1- More than 500 years ago, ancestors of Navajo people left cold northern region that is now part of western Canada and Alaska.
2- Most people think of painting as work of art.
3- Sand painting is important part of religious ceromony.
4- The size of Navajo sand paintings varies. small sand painting is less than a meter wide, while large sand painting can be over 6 meters wide.
5- Today, these sand paintings are considered to be works of art rather than part of religious ceromony. They are made by artists rather than singers, and they appear in art schows and in art museums.