hogan

     

A hogan (pronounce /ˈhoʊgən/, from Navajo hooghan, IPA: [hoːɣan]) is the primary traditional home of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house. It is usually round and cone shaped, but now they make them square, with the door facing the east to welcome the rising sun for good wealth and fortune.

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  • The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe resembles one of these Navajo dwellings
  • A typical one of these Navajo homes has 8 sides & 1 door which faces east
  • The Navajo usually built this one-room earth-covered dwelling with the entrance facing east
  • The traditional Navajo home is this type of shelter, often 8-sided & made of logs & mud

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