hogan
Earth-covered native shelter
A hogan is a traditional Navajo dwelling, typically a dome-shaped or polygonal structure built of logs and covered with earth.
The doorway traditionally faces east toward the rising sun.
Hogans remain important in Navajo culture for ceremonies and daily living: The medicine man conducted the healing ritual in the hogan. (Capitalized Hogan is a surname.)
Cut wood sections
- cribbedCopied dishonestly
- corbelledStepped-out structural projection
- earthenMade of clay
- domeRounded vault forming roof
conical · timber · framework · doorway · smoke hole · dirt floor · insulation · weatherproof
One's personal residence
- residencePlace one inhabits
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- hearthFireplace floor area
- familyRelated people together
one-room · traditional · ancestral · communal · multigenerational · living space · warmth · shelter
Prayer seeking divine favor
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- healingRestoration of health
prayer · medicine man · sandpainting · purification · sweat lodge · spiritual · altar · offerings
Advance arrangement to hold
- Navajo NationSovereign tribal territory, Southwest US
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- kinshipState of being related
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
silversmithing · chant · sheep · fry bread · rug · turquoise · matrilineal · chapter house
logs
Cut wood sections
dome · conical · timber · framework · doorway · smoke hole · dirt floor · insulation · weatherproof · hand-built
home
One's personal residence
family · one-room · traditional · ancestral · communal · multigenerational · living space · warmth · shelter · homestead
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
healing · prayer · medicine man · sandpainting · purification · sweat lodge · spiritual · altar · offerings · smoke
reservation
Advance arrangement to hold
- Navajo NationSovereign tribal territory, Southwest US
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- kinshipState of being related
weaving · silversmithing · chant · sheep · fry bread · rug · turquoise · matrilineal · chapter house · trading post
palisade
Fence of pointed stakes
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- Southwestmesa, Monument Valley, Arizona, New Mexico, Grand Canyon
- traditional sheltershut, igloo, teepee, tipi, yurt
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, rammed earth, mudbrick, earthen wall
- indigenous loanwordsmoccasin, tomahawk, totem, wigwam, kayak
- Native dwellingstipi, tepee, teepee, wigwam, longhouse
hoganskyscraper
Very tall urban building
high-rise apartment · tent · mobile home · concrete bunker · mansion
hoganskyscraper
Very tall urban building
apartment building · McMansion · condominium · tract home · prefab home
- Hulk HoganFamous professional wrestler
- Paul Hogan
- Hogan's HeroesWWII prisoner comedy series
- Ben Hogan