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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2014

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. 9, 2014

There had been tears of love and pity in his eyes as I left our hogan.

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