Bitter Water: Diné Oral Histories of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute

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T he U n i v ersiT y of Ar izonA Pr ess tucson Translated and edited by Malcolm D. Benally Diné oral histories of the navajo-hopi Land Dispute Photographs by Mary fish foreword by Jennifer nez Denetdale The University of Arizona Press© 2011 The Arizona Board of regents All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Benally, Malcolm D., 1971– Bitter water : Diné oral histories of the navajo-hopi land dispute / translated and edited by Malcolm D. Benally ; photographs by Mary fish ; foreword by Jennifer nez Denetdale. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8165-2898-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. navajo women—Arizona—Black Mesa (navajo County and Apache County)— interviews. 2. navajo women—Arizona—Black Mesa (navajo County and Apache County)—social conditions. 3. navajo indians—Land tenure. 4. navajo indians—Claims. 5. hopi indians—Land tenure. 6. hopi indians—Claims. 7. navajo language—Texts. i. Title. e99.n3B448 2011 979.1004'9726—dc22 2010047385 Publication of this book was made possible in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. C Manufactured in the United states of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free. 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Mom and Dad, Jane and Kee Changing Woman, Asdzáán nádleehí, became lonely while she lived within the four sacred mountains because she had no companions. one day, she sat down in the eastern mountain of Tsoodził, Mount Taylor, and as she rubbed epidermis from under her left breast she created four persons—two men and two women— whose descendants later became known as Tódích’íí’nii, the Bitter Water people. “she said to these: i wish you to dwell near me, where i can always see you; but if you choose to go to the east, where your kindred dwell, you may go.” —Adapted from Washington Matthews, NAVAJO LEGENDS ...