Old Hogan by junge1
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Description
This was the oldest hogan we saw while working on the Navajo Reservation. It appears to be a 'circular' or 'female' hogan, in it, the children played, the women cooked, weaved, talked and entertained and the men joked and told stories.
Navajos made their hogans in this fashion until the 1900s, when they started to make the hexagonal and octagonal shapes co-inciding with the arrival of the railroad.
We had worked all day on the Toh Chin Lini Mesa and it was getting dark. We had made a slight detour to check out an abandoned field and came across this hogan, still on the Toh Chin Lini Mesa. We could not determine whether anyone lived in it, but the droppings of the livestock seemed fairly recent. No footprints were visible.
This hogan is 'in the middle of nowhere' since there were no other human habitations for miles. We didn't take too much time checking it out, it wasn't our job, it was getting dark fast, and we had about another 5 miles to four wheel and an additional 10 to 15 miles by dirt road before we hit the highway, and from there about 80 miles to Farmington, New Mexico where we stayed.
This picture was taken on 3 November 2003,
Sig...
Comments (42)
jayfar
A great pic and a wonderful piece of history.
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful work,
daggerwilldo
Outstanding find. I wonder if tribal members are nomadic moving from one structure to another. On a mesa top in New Mexico we climbed to a mesa top, There were 1000's of shattered poetry pieces. We also found a trash pit which contained interesting artifacts, We should be going back in a few weeks to look deeper;
Dreamingbee
wow Sig - this is history .. great shot!! have a good week
crunch01
wow your work is cool my friend to be able to go to all these great places!!! fantastic shot!
bazza
Super capture of this hogan, it is different to the last one you posted.. Maybe a bear rubbed against this one and put it out of use!!
BB9
Wonderful!!!
Feliciti
beautiful hystory info and like the sky too !!
nefertiabet
Interessante Info immer, Danke!!! Tolles Foto!!!
dakotabluemoon
Excellent capture of this hut very cool stuff.
mickeyrony
Hummm.. Some place like that To remember Indians style .Nice to you to share ((5++))
debbielove
Fascinating!!! Great write up Sig.. Facts I never knew about, excellent photo to go with it.. Well posted.. Rob
Richardphotos
the day I arrived in Farmington to work in Shiprock, several Navajo teens had came into Farmington drunk and was breaking store windows stealing things. the man that met me at the airport told me that all the police would do would be to take them to tribal officials. very interesting subject Sig and superb capture
Faemike55
Fantastic capture Sig The one thing that's consistant with all hogans is the door faces east
flaviok
Fascinante imagem e texto meu amigo, excelente, aplausos (5)
UteBigSmile
Very nice looking capture, I just love such kind of pictures!
junge1
Yes Mike (Faemike55). The door of a hogan always faces East, no matter what type of hogan, to allow the rising sun to shine in.
junge1
Richard (Richardphotos) what you desribed hasn't changed. The thing we noticed when driving through Shiprock, and we did drive through Shiprock twice daily, as long as we stayed in Farmington and worked in the northeast part of the reservation in Arizona, was dead dogs on the road. Every day there was at least one dog laying in the road that had been hit by a car.
Jean_C
Excellent capture, and very interesting infos!
Leije
Excellent shot with the light and clouds, and interesting infos on this!
dbrv6
Great capture especialy against that sky!
Isabelle711
My friend this is a most wonderful find. :))))) I really enjoyed reading the history. :))))))))) You had a most beautiful day that day. :))))) Then beauty of the sky is sweet. :))))))) Most excellent capture. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))))
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture of History Sig!! Great light and detail!
kgb224
Wonderful find and capture my friend. God Bless.
virginiese
I was in Farmington and it is always a pleasure to see a picture from the Navajo reservation or Nex Mexico. It recalls me good memories :-)
moochagoo
We have seen something like that in september, in NM.
kbrog
Excellent capture and wonderful info! :)
renecyberdoc
fascinating shot and info bit.
drifterlee
Really interesting shot. I read several fiction books about the Navaho Indians. Forgot the author.
auntietk
I've never been in that area, and have never seen a hogan before. This looks much like I had pictured what was described to me. Perfect time of day for this shot ... beautiful!