NAVAHO HOUSES

BY

COSMOS MINDELEFF

[CONTENTS]

Items in italics were added by the transcriber.

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Introduction[475]
Description of the country[477]
Habits of the people[481]
Legendary and actual winter hogáns[487]
Summer huts or shelters[494]
Sweat houses[499]
Effect of modern conditions[502]
Ceremonies of dedication[504]
The hogán of the Yébĭtcai dance[509]
Hogán nomenclature[514]
[Footnotes]
[Index]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

In the original book, the full-page Plates were interleaved with printed pages. For this e-text, they have been placed as close as practical to their referring text.

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Plate [LXXXII.]The Navaho reservation[475]
[LXXXIII.]A typical Navaho hogán[483]
[LXXXIV.]A hogán in Canyon de Chelly[485]
[LXXXV.]A Navaho summer hut[495]
[LXXXVI.]A “lean-to” summer shelter[497]
[LXXXVII.]Ĭnçá-qoġán, medicine hut[501]
[LXXXVIII.]Modern house of a wealthy Navaho[505]
[LXXXIX.]A Yébĭtcai house[511]
[XC.]Diagram plan of hogán, with names of parts[514]
Figure [230.]The three main timbers of a hogán[489]
[231.]Frame of a hogán, seen from below[491]
[232.]Frame of a doorway[492]
[233.]Ground plan of a summer shelter[495]
[234.]Supporting post in a summer hut[496]
[235.]Ground plan of a summer hut[496]
[236.]Section of a summer hut[497]
[237.]Masonry support for rafters[497]
[238.]A timber-built shelter[498]
[239.]Shelter with partly closed front[499]
[240.]Low earth-covered shelter[500]
[241.]Ground plan of Yébĭtcai house[510]
[242.]Framework of Yébĭtcai house[512]
[243.]Diagram showing measurements of Yébĭtcai house[513]
[244.]Interior of Yébĭtcai house, illustrating nomenclature[516]

Plate LXXXII.
MAP OF PARTS OF THE NAVAHO RESERVATION
IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
from the atlas sheets of the
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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