From our base camp at a hogan in the forest, we'll explore the spectacular and historic canyon country that has been the home of Native peoples for 800 years. |
A gust of red dust swirls around a patch of prickly poppies outside her hogan door, twisting past a pair of horses in a makeshift corral. |
Register for the Navajo cultural exchange, and sleep in an authentic hogan, 100 yards down the hill from an authentic outhouse. |
She explains that the Navajos' ceremonial hogan, an east-facing round hut of wood and mud, mirrors the geography of Black Mesa and its surrounding Four Sacred Mountains. |
The new teachers ended up visiting a Navajo hogan and learning firsthand about family life in the rural areas. |
The Navajo traditionally lived in a hogan, at least part of the year. |