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Start Shopping  Navajo: A Language and People  The Navajo Nation
is the second-largest tribal group in the United States. Their
name for themselves is Ni'hookaa Diyan Diné, which translates as
"Lords of the Earth" or "Holy Earth People." They also use the
shorter form of Diné, which means "the people." Navajo comes
from a Tewa Pueblo word meaning "an area of cultivated land" or
"strangers from a cultivated land." Their language is Navajo,
which is one of the Athabascan languages. The Navajo lived
mainly in the Four Corners area, where Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Utah all meet.  As with many other tribes, Navajo
families are clan-oriented, and the Navajo Nation encompasses
dozens of clans. A child belongs to his or her mother's clan,
and tradition states that a person should marry outside his or
her clan.  War and pe