Captive ancestress whose descendants become free founders

navajo

• Navaho Legends I. THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE. / II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION.; lines 5996-6091 confidence: high

  The Navahoes become numerous and discuss war; Napaílinta raids Kinlitsí and returns with captives including a girl. Kinlitsí captives are first slaves, but descendants become free and are linked with Kinlitsí, Tliziláni, and kinship restrictions involving Tsinadzi'ni.

  The Kinlitsí captured girl and the Spanish woman are both associated with captivity or slavery followed by free descendants who form or contribute to gentes.

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