"The Navajos believe that they passed through different worlds before they arrived in the Southwest, the Fourth World." (School)

Stories passed down between generations seem to match what is known as the Bering Strait migration theory. (School)

(This section of the article abridged for middle school readers)

• The First World / Black World  - tundra biome, Far North.

• The Second World or the Blue-Green World  - western and central Canada

• The Third World or the Yellow World  - the Rockies and the Southwest.

• The Fourth World or the Glittering World  - northwestern New Mexico.

"The story of their journey to and settlement in the Southwest is one of wanderers becoming a people. This process lies at the center of the Navajos' sense of their history." (School)

Work Cited

School Chinle, R. L. (1996). Navajo. In F. Hoxie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Houghton Mifflin. Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved September 21, 2023, from https://credosource.infobase.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6MTY5ODgxNg==.