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Dine' (Diné)

Dine' is an autonym used by the Navajo and Apache tribes of the southwest-- that is to say, the name they use to refer to themselves in their own languages (which are closely related.) It means "the people" in Navajo and Apache. In Navajo orthography it is usually spelled Diné, while in the various Apache languages it is spelled Dine', Dine'e, Ndee, or Indé.

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Navajo language
Apache languages
Navajo Native Americans
Apache Native Americans
Navajo words
Athabaskan
Southwest Indians

Here are a few good books about the Dinés:
Diné: A History of the Navajos
Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians
Diné Bizaad
Wisdom Sits In Places

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