Indian Native Navajo Hogan Monet Valley VR Tour Guide

WWFC+3M5 Oljato Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

They lived in the Southwest in areas that are today Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The hogan is a sacred home for the Diné (Navajo) people who practice traditional religion.

Link Location Gps -110.0779083

Gps Coordinates / 36.9256217,-110.0779083

The Native American Navajo tribe is one of the largest tribes of American Indians. Every family even if they live most of the time in a newer home must have the traditional hogan for ceremonies, and to keep themselves in balance.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link -110.0783791 / Gps Link -110.0780555 / Gps Link -110.0816546

Gps Coordinates / 36.9225258,-110.0783791 / 36.9225,-110.0780555 / 36.9156961,-110.0816546

The name "Navajo" comes from the Spanish who called them the Apaches of Navajo. They called themselves "Dine" or "the People". The Blessingway, a sacred sing (or chant) ceremony describes the first hogan.

Cool petroglyphs. Can only get here with a Navajo guide and it’s worth it.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link -110.0816667 / Gps Link -110.0816667 / Gps Link -110.0806171

Gps Coordinates / 36.915555,-110.0816667 / 36.9152783,-110.0816667 / 36.9150737,-110.0806171

Suns Eye
The Suns Eye is one geologic site of the vast and magnificent Monument Valley. There are reminders of not only the geologic beauty here, but also reminders of the human past that have lived and travelled in this area.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link -110.0762359 / Gps Link -110.0758661 / Gps Link -110.0757647

Gps Coordinates / 36.9144457,-110.0762359 / 36.9144147,-110.0758661 / 36.9140261,-110.0757647

The Navajo were farmers who grew the three main crops that many Native Americans grew corn, beans, and squash. After the Spanish arrived in the 1600s, the Navajo began to farm sheep and goats as well, with sheep becoming a major source of meat.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link -110.0757789 / Gps Link -110.0756524 / Gps Link -110.0761945

Gps Coordinates / 36.9140676,-110.0757789 / 36.9137638,-110.0756524 / 36.9133833,-110.0761945

They also hunted animals for food like deer and rabbits. They made dishes like mutton stew, fried cornbread, and even grilled prairie dog. According to Hastíín Roger Hathale, the first hogan was built by Coyote with help from the beavers.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link -110.0817916 / Gps Link -110.081088 / Gps Link -110.0808333

Gps Coordinates / 36.9086124,-110.0817916 / 36.9076364,-110.081088 / 36.9075,-110.0808333

The Navajo lived in hogans. A hogan was a domed shaped house with a wood frame and walls made out of clay. The door of the hogan always faced east so they could see the sun rise.

Link Location Gps -110.0786064

Gps Coordinates / 36.9227808,-110.0786064

First Man, First Woman, Coyote and many others had just emerged from the layered worlds undergound to the place of emergence on this world. Coyote suggested that the first hogan be built, a house for First Man, First Woman, and Talking God, but no one except Coyote (who had already done some travelling and snooping) knew what a hogan was. (Some versions of Blssingway say Talking God made the first hogan.)