Topic summary
Anasazi
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Ancestral Puebloans.
Etymology
Others have objected to Cordell's definition of the name "Anasazi", saying that its true connotation means in the Navajo language "those that do things differently". In yet another account, the term Anasazi originated from a Navajo adoption of a Ute word that literally means "ancient enemy" or "primitive enemy", but was used by the Navajo to mean "savage" or "barbarian", hence the Pueblos' rejection of the term.