Navajo term for "anthropologist"?

James Crippen jcrippen at GMAIL.COM
Tue Apr 28 20:00:12 UTC 2009


There's a standard joke that a Navajo nuclear family consists of a
mother, father, children, and an anthropologist. I don't know when
this started but it probably comes from around Clyde Kluckhohn's era.
Related to this, rumor has it that Navajo has a kinship term for
anthropologists, because they're exposed to so many. Can anyone
confirm or refute this? If true, what's the term?

Thanks,
James



More information about the Athapbasckan-L mailing list