{"id":1840,"date":"2013-04-22T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2013-04-24T00:11:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T05:11:39","slug":"ke-dine-navajo-kinship-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/ke-dine-navajo-kinship-system\/","title":{"rendered":"K’\u00e9 – Din\u00e9 (Navajo) Kinship System"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Din\u00e9 society is based primarily upon kinship arising from clan affiliation, as each person is a member of the tribe by reason of his or her affiliation to one of the numerous Clans.<\/p>\n

It is very important for a person to know K’e – The Kinship System. <\/strong>
\nBelow are the Din\u00e9 (Navajo) terms for the extended family:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Din\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n

Graphic: Rough Rock \u00a0School Press \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a9 2013 |\u00a0All Rights Reserved<\/em><\/p>\n

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The main attributes of Navajo kinship are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • The basic term k’\u00e9 refers to affective action and solidarity, including such concepts as love, compassion, kindness, friendliness, generosity, and peacefulness.<\/li>\n
  • Matrilineal — descent is traced through one’s mother<\/li>\n
  • Matrilocal — husbands go to reside among the wife’s family. This means that older females will have substantial authority in the organizing and running of the household and control of the property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The learning of kinship begins with the family which consists of a man, his wife , and his unmarried children.<\/p>\n

    Clanship is determined through the mother’s clan, and a child is “born for” the father’s clan.<\/p>\n

    Clanship also determines marriage, as one should marry into one’s own clan, into one’s father’s clan, or with someone whose father’s clan is the same as your father.<\/p>\n

    K’\u00e9 is central to maintaining the Din\u00e9 language and culture. Din\u00e9 young people must know their clan relatives to avoid marriage within their own clans.<\/p>\n

    When the Din\u00e9 greet each other, it is appropriate for them to introduce themselves by telling their clans.<\/p>\n

    It is critical that all Din\u00e9 understand their ancestral history so that they can maintain and respect the clan traditions.<\/p>\n

    The knowledge of these traditions, passed down through many generations, must continue to be taught and respected. This is crucial for survival of the traditional ways of the Din\u00e9 people.<\/p>\n

    Sources:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

    \n
    \u00a0K’e\u00a0<\/strong>Graphic source:<\/div>\n
    Rough Rock School Press
    \nPhone: 928-728-3788
    \nFax: 928-728-3502
    \nwww.roughrock.k12.az.us<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Dine Culture Awareness Handbook, Central Consolidated School District No.22, NM.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Navajo Clan Legends, compiled by Don Mose Jr., SJSD Media Center, Blanding UT. 2001<\/em><\/p>\n

    Navajo Nation 1997 Close Up Program, Darrell Watchman, ed. Navajo Nation Division of Education, 1997.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Franciscans, Saint Michaels, Ariz. An ethnologic dictionary of the Navaho language (Kindle Locations 9337-9341). Saint Michaels, Ariz., Franciscan Fathers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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