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Cosmos Mindeleff. Navaho Houses
Navaho Houses
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
NAVAHO HOUSES
By Cosmos Mindeleff. INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY
HABITS OF THE PEOPLE
LEGENDARY AND ACTUAL WINTER HOGÁNS
Measurements of typical hogáns
SUMMER HUTS OR SHELTERS
SWEAT HOUSES
EFFECT OF MODERN CONDITIONS
CEREMONIES OF DEDICATION
House song to the East
House song to the West
THE HOGÁN OF THE YÉBĬTCAI DANCE
HOGÁN NOMENCLATURE
Terms applied to different parts of the floor area
Yébĭtcai house nomenclature2
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
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Cosmos Mindeleff
Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 469-518
