Salt Water Clan

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The Salt Water Clan, Tódík’ǫ́zhí in Navajo, is a Navajo clan mentioned in several of Tony Hillerman's Navajo detective novels, with land imagined to be somewhere in the vicinity of Toadlena.

The Navajo, or Diné, are comprised of more than forty family lineages, or clans, that claim common ancestry.

Published Works
The Blessing Way (1970)
Term Type
Cultural Reference
Manuscript Occurrences

 
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 95

References

 
Lapahie, Harrison, jr.
     2001   List of Diné Clan Names. Diné Dóone’e (Navajo Clans).
         http://www.lapahie.com/dine_clans.cfm, accessed June 13, 2016.

Lynch, Regina, Verna Clinton-Tullie, Roy Lynch, Andy Tsihnahjinnie, and T. L. McCarty
     1987   A History of Navajo Clans. Chinle, AZ: Navajo Curriculum Center.