hashtłʼishnii

Navajo

Noun

hashtłʼishnii

1. mud people, mud clan

Usage notes

After First Man and First Woman reached the Fourth World (this world), their daughter Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé (Changing Woman) created the Navajo clans by rubbing off bits of her skin to make the first four clans. The hashtłʼishnii are one of the original four Navajo clans.

See also

• hónágháahnii
• kin yaaʼáanii
• tó díchʼíiʼnii
• tó áhání