Bitter Water Clan

1994 graduated from shiprock high school.

Bitter water clan. One of these clans is tódích íí nii bitter water which we briefly discussed in an earlier post. The four original clans of the navajo people are kinyaa áanii the towering house clan honágháahnii one walks around clan tódich ii nii bitter water clan and hashtł ishnii mud clan. Tó ázólí light water. In navajo tradition it is accepted that the clan system began with four primary clans.

Growing up on the reservation her family lived off the land and raised livestock such as sheep horses and cattle. Clan mother tachii nii red running into the water people. The name bitter water clan is said to have originated when bitter water spouted from a hole dug by a spiritual man. Clan father to aheedliinii the water flows together.

They see water as a sacred entity. From san juan school district curriculum center. Séí bee hooghanii sand hogan people. Clan maternal grandpa todich ii nii bitter water clan.

Todich ii nii bitter water clan original clan to baazhni azhi two who came to the water clan adopted clan tseikeehee two rocks sit clan. Tó dích íinii bitter water clan. T0 the tó dích íinii changing woman gave a cane gish made of abalone shell which became the sacred abalone shell gish. Clan paternal grandpa naakai lizhin african american education.

Naashashí dine é bear bear enemies tewa. Kin ya áanii is another of these clans. Through this gift people of the tó dích íinii clan became philosophers educators sharing their knowledge with others. Naaket l ahi flat foot people pima clan adopted clan tsin sikaadnii clamp tree clan.

Tódich ii nii bitter water clan original clan tséikeeheé two rocks sit clan tsin sikaadnii clamp tree clan yoo ó dine é the bead people clan bįįh bitoodnii deer spring clan t ł ógi hairy ones or. Naashgalí dine é mescalero apache people. The navajo diné tribe is comprised of more than forty family lineages or clans that claim common ancestry. Yoo o dine e the bead people clan.

Notice kin from kinłání meaning house. Clans when a navajo baby is born he or she belongs to the clan of the mother. Chief is from the bitter water clan one of the original clans that derives from the four different types of water the navajo people came upon. Changing woman gave them a protector.

The latter part of the clan is something like that which. One of these men searching for water dug in the ground and found a water source that was bitter and undrinkable hence the name that the clan has carried ever since.