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Why the Navaho hogan?
Primitive man • 15 (3-4) • Published In 1942 • Pages: 39-56
By: Haile, Berard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Father Haile examines the Navajo hogan through its myths, songs, and ceremonies. He discusses its relation to cosmology and it various uses. The important ceremonial function of hogans has preserved their use into modern times.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Cleric
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1910-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Reservation, Arizona and New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Berard Haile
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99111903
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians