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

My hogan has electricity but no running water.

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

So you know what it is like to have so many family members and friends and well-wishers gathered around the hogan, all of them putting their minds together to wish success and goodness for you.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac