Navajo Clan Names
Research note by Wesley Johnston, begun 17 Dec 2016, last updated 17 Dec 2016 - check back for future updates
The following spellings are taken from the Leupp Navajo Indian Census Roll for 1915. Spellings are not consistent in the original. Variants are indicated with a forward slash (/).
Translations are from my cousin Roy Keams Dan.
The image references are the image numbers in the 1915 census, as shown on Ancestry.com where image 1 is at http://interactive.ancestry.com/1059/M595_249-0028?pid=1455927#?imageId=M595_249-0006. The 1915 census is on images 1-34. A total of 850 people are enumerated. Some clans appear on many pages. Others are concentrated on a few adjacent pages.
For further information on the Indian Census Rolls, see the National Archives web page at https://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/1885-1940.html
(No Clan)
Images: 29
This is the large family of At ilsh done, persons 709 to 719 on image 29.
A she e - .
Images: 6, 11, 22-24, 31
This was the clan of Thomas Varker KEAM's wife Asdzan Libai (image 23 as Ba asdzan KEAMS) and thus of his sons Tom (image 25) and Billy KEAMS (image 24).
Da/Ha/De/Dys/Dip Bes/Ba/Be Lanh/thlanie - .
Images: 13, 17, 21, 32-33
Eea an E - .
Images: 3
Ha/Ho ha/na/nu Ga tini/line/lini - .
Images: 3, 4, 12, 32-33
Is this the same as Hona Gahni?
Hash kan hadzo ho - .
Images: 26
Ho na Ga hni/hini - .
Images: 2, 13, 29
Kea an/on e - .
Images: 1, 4-5, 7, 10, 13, 16-22, 24, 26-28, 30
Kea ash e - .
Images: 10
Kee Nez Bah - .
Images: 17
Kin La chee ni - .
Images: 20, 31, 33
Kinth la che e - .
Images: 8, 14-17'
Is this the same as Kin La chee ni?
Lanh - .
Images: 16
I am not sure if this is a clan. Person 396 on image 16 is entered with clan "Tlizza thlanie or Lahn".
Lo ka Dine e - .
Images: 24
Ma i desgees ni - .
Images: 20, 31, 33
Mie/Mi E Das Keshie - .
Images: 1, 14, 17
Na i de Skeeze ni - .
Images: 25
Na ki Dine e - .
Images: 25, 27
Oze/O-ze - .
Images: 19, 26-28
Pen ja Kin e - .
Images: 5, 9-10, 12-14
Sen/Seni ja kin - .
Images: 20-22, 24, 26, 29
Ta Nes/Nrs Za lini/tini/hni - .
Images: 3-4, 6-8, 18, 27-28
Ta ua ha - .
Images: 19
Tha Cheene/Chine/chane - .
Images: 1, 6-7, 11, 14-15, 18
Tla s chee - .
Images: 29-30
Tlizza/Tlezza Thlanie/Lahn - .
Images: 1, 3-6, 8-9, 12, 16-17, 30, 33
To a han e - .
Images: 21, 23-25
To d/Tod/Toa/Fod/Todt tso/so ne/sone - Big Water
Images: 8, 12-13, 17-18, 20-24, 28, 30-32
To/Ta da/daw chane/chene/cheene/chine - Bitter Water
Images: 3-4, 6, 8-11, 13-18, 21-25, 31, 33
Todachme - .
Images: 19
Is this actually To da chene?
To/Ta pa ak/ah - .
Images: 1-3, 5. 7-12, 25-26, 29-33
Tsin/Tin Na Jini - .
Images: 4, 8. 14, 19-22, 26, 32
Tucheni/Tuchene - .
Images: 19-21, 26-27, 30, 33
Is this actually To da chene?
Tun nah zini - .
Images: 26
Yah nez thlani - .
Images: 7