Hosteen Klah (1867–1937) was a Navajo artist and medicine man. He gave information to anthropologists and others about Navajo religion and related ceremonial practices. He was also a weaver of unusual designs. Klah was important to the development of Navajo weaving. Among the Navajo, weavers are normally female, and chanters (hatali) are normally male. Hosteen Klah was both a weaver and a chanter. This was possible because of his particular gender status. Klah was a nadle (meaning "one who is transformed" or "one who changes"). A nadle could be born male, female, or intersexed.
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