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To: TornadoAlley3

Why is “Navajo” in scare quotes?


43 posted on 10/19/2012 8:30:56 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

Maybe she prefers what they call themselves: Diné, but knows not that many people know the word. The name “Navajo” is what the Spaniards called them.


55 posted on 10/19/2012 10:10:47 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: GeronL

Maybe she prefers what they call themselves: Diné, but knows not that many people know the word. The name “Navajo” is what the Spaniards called them.


56 posted on 10/19/2012 10:11:13 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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