Áshįįhí
In Navajo, the phrase for "salt clan" is Áshįįhí.
The Salt Clan is one of the four original clans of the Navajo people.
Which one should you use?
Naakaii Dine'é is the formal way to refer to the Salt Clan.
Did you know?
- In the Navajo kinship system, a person from the Áshįįhí clan refers to others of the same clan as 'mother' or 'father' regardless of biological relation.
- The Salt Clan is traditionally associated with the direction of the East and the color white in Navajo ceremonial contexts.
- When introducing yourself in Navajo, you first state your father's clan and then your mother's clan, so a person born into Áshįįhí would mention it as their maternal identity.
Examples in context
- Áshįįhí k'éego ádahoolnííł.The Salt clan is respected.
Example conversation
Brandon and Sarah are introducing themselves.
- BrandonÁshįįhí nishłį́. Dííshį́įh.I am Salt Clan. I am this person.
- SarahÁshįįhí nílíní?Are you Salt Clan?
- BrandonÁá', Áshįįhí nishłį́.Yes, I am Salt Clan.
- SarahShí k’éé’ nishłį́.I am your relative.
