hogan

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Born in 1932 in a traditional Navajo hogan without running water or electricity, Laughter was 16 when Native Americans got the right to vote in Arizona.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

I live alone in a hogan, a traditional octagonal log house, in Chi Chil Tah, meaning “Where the Oaks Grow,” after the Gambel oaks indigenous to this region.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2020

On this date in 1960, a Navajo forked-pole hogan was tree-ring dated to 1387, the earliest date on record.

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2015

Home was a hogan, a rounded structure made of logs plastered with adobe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2014

Tayo stood up and moved around the fire uneasily; the boy took some ribs and disappeared again behind the hogan.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko