[blam]

"Archaeologists have been using “Ancestral Puebloans.” However modern researchers prefer either the Hopi term “Hisatsinom” - the “ancient people” or the Tewa language “Se’da” - the “ancient ones.”"

That's the translation I've always read...The Ancient Ones.

[george76]

We have several Hopi friends who strongly prefer Hisatsinom. These pueblo people translate the Navajo word Anasazi as enemy. They offer many reasons why.

They also believe that the Navajos ( descended from Alaska / Canada into the southwest in the 1600’s ? ) were their enemies for centuries. The Navajos killed the pueblo people, stole their food and livestock, stole their women and children into slavery, stole their home lands...