Áltsè Hooghan – Story of the First Hogan

October 28, 2014 by

The First Navajo Hogan Book

A “flip” book in English and Diné Bizaad.

First hogan cover-2

The Story of the First Hogan (Áltsè Hooghan), is a 38 page, bilingual “flip” book with beautiful, full-color illustrations by Charles Yanito. Story is told by Don Mose, Jr. This is a “perfect-bound” book, measuring 8.5 x 11”. The story tells how the animals helped First man and First Woman discover the type of shelter or dwelling that they needed for a home.

The Story of the First Hogan

Readers accompany First Man and First Woman on a journey to discover the ideal type of dwelling for the Navajo People. First Man and First Woman find inspiration and insights as to how to design a home for themselves and future generations, by visiting the homes of their animal neighbors.

The Story of the First Hogan

This paperback book contains 20 pages and is realistically illustrated with original paintings created by Navajo artist, Charles Yanito.

The Story of the First Hogan is a traditional narrative as told by Don Mose, Jr.

38 page, bilingual “flip” book “perfect-bound” measuring 8.5 x 11

Price $10.00

Ordering Information

San Juan School District
Heritage Language Resource Center
28 West 200 North
Phone: 435-678-1230
FAX: 435-678-1283
Store Hours: 9:00 – 4:30
Monday through Thursday
Email: rstoneman@sjsd.org

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

We accept purchase orders, credit cards, and checks.
We bill only for items shipped and actual cost of shipping.
Personal orders ship after payment is received.
Please estimate 10% of purchase total for shipping cost.

Learn More about the Hogan here

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The Hogan – Navajo Language Lesson

October 15, 2014 by

The Hogan - Navajo Language Lesson

The Hogan
My mother’s hogan is round and earth-color.
Its floor is smooth and hard.
It has a friendly fire and an open door.
It is my home.
I live happily in my mother’s hogan.

Hooghan
Shimá bighan nímaz dóó ni’ t’áá beelt’è.
Ghóne’ dóó hodilkooh dóó hótliz, dóó ‘alahji ko’, dóó ‘alahji’ diné nihaa ndaaka.
‘Éí shighan.
Shimá bighan góne’ shil hózho´ogo keéé hasht’i´

Little Herder – Navajo Language Lessons

Story Telling – Navajo Language Lesson
Build a Fire – Navajo Language Lesson
Little Lambs – Navajo Language Lesson
Field – Navajo Language Lesson
The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson
The Puppy – Navajo Language Lesson
Sheep Corral – Navajo Language Lesson
Possessions – Navajo Language Lesson
Breakfast – Little Herder Story
The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Going To The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson
Supper – Navajo Language Lesson
Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson
Shoveling Snow – Navajo Language Lesson
The Dogs are Hungry – Navajo Language Lesson
There Is No Food – Navajo Story

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Homeland – Navajo Language Lesson

October 14, 2014 by

Homeland - Navajo Language Lesson

HOMELAND

The land around my mother’s hogan is big.
It is still.
It has walls of red rocks.
And way, far off the sky comes down to touch the sands.
Blue sky is above me.
Yellow sand is beneath me.
The sheep are around me.
My mother’s hogan is near.

KÉÉHASHTÍNÍGI

Kéyah shimá bighan binaagóó ‘ayóí ániltso.
Tóó doo ‘ííts’a’í da.
Tsé daalchíí go bináz’á.
Doo deighánídi yá séí didii’á nahalin.
Yá dilhi? doot?’izh shkáa’gi.
Séí t’éiyá shiyaagi.
Dibé t’éiyá shinaagóó.
Shinaá bighan t’áá ‘aháni

 Source:
Little Herder In Autumn
By Ann Clark
Illustrated by Hoke Denetsosie

 

Little Herder – Navajo Language Lessons

Story Telling – Navajo Language Lesson
Build a Fire – Navajo Language Lesson
Little Lambs – Navajo Language Lesson
Field – Navajo Language Lesson
The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson
The Puppy – Navajo Language Lesson
Sheep Corral – Navajo Language Lesson
Possessions – Navajo Language Lesson
Breakfast – Little Herder Story
The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Going To The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson
Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson
Supper – Navajo Language Lesson
Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson
Shoveling Snow – Navajo Language Lesson
The Dogs are Hungry – Navajo Language Lesson
There Is No Food – Navajo Story

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Navajo Language Lesson Hogan 2

February 4, 2014 by

Navajo Hooghan (Hogan) Story Part 2

Hooghan baah naááhashne’ dooleel
I will speak about the hogan again.

By Clayton Long

Hogan Presentation Part 2

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor

Clayton Long YouTube Channel

Mana Academy

Navajo Language Lessons Page

Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel

Navajo People Language Page

Heritage Language Resource Center

Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

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Navajo Language Lesson 2 Hogan Part 1

February 3, 2014 by

I will speak about the hogan.

Hooghan baah hashne’ doolee.

Lesson by Clayton Long

Hogan Slide Presentation in Navajo and English

Navajo Language Lesson links

Clayton Long – Instructor

Clayton Long YouTube Channel

Mana Academy

Navajo Language Lessons Page

Navajo Language Lessons YouTube Channel

Navajo People Language Page

Heritage Language Resource Center

Harold Carey Jr – Computer Teacher

 

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The Waterhole – Navajo Language Lesson

April 16, 2013 by

The Waterhole - Navajo Language Lesson

 

 

THE WATERHOLE
The waterhole hides away behind the red rocks, but my sheep know where to find it.
Their little feet have made a deep trail from the corral to the waterhole.

 
 
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Morning – Little Herder Story

March 14, 2013 by

Morning, from Little Herder in Spring

 

Morning - Little Herder Story

MORNING
This morning, when I crawled from under my blanket, when I stood before my mother’s hogan door outside looked as if it had been crying. The sky was hanging heavy with gray tears.

I stood at the door of my mother’s hogan and looked out at the gray, sad morning. My father came. He stood beside us. He spoke in o happy way and to my mother.

Then the gray tears on the sky’s face melted. The clouds pushed away and the sun smiled through them.

Now it is gray again, but I cannot forget that when my father spoke the sun came and looked down upon us.

 

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The Sing – Navajo Language Lesson

March 4, 2013 by

The Sing - Navajo Language Lesson

 

THE SING

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing.

There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

 

The Sing

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing.

There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

It will be’a long time before the night sky bends down and the stars hang low and the supper fires of the camping people of the night.
Our wagon comes within the circles of supper, comes within the circle of fire 1ight, and I see all the People who have come to the Sing.

There are many People here. There are many horses here. There are many wagons here. There is one truck. It makes me happy to see all of the People walking around.

It makes me happy to see all the colors that there are in the skirts of the women, in the shirts of the men, and in the blankets, that all the People wear.

I can see the horses, all the horses. I can see a race horse that belongs to a man my uncle knows.

After the Sing is over, the men will race their horses.

My father will bet which horse will win.

And then perhaps he will win a a better concho belt than, the one he has in pawn to the Trader.

There is a new hogan built just for the Sing. There are some shelters built just for the Sing, and at one side is the Cook Shade where all kinds of foods are cooking.

The smell of food makes me happy,.

I think it is good to be happy when food is near.

 

 

Source : “Little Herder in the Winter” by Ann Clark 1940
Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

More Navajo Language Lessons

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Sleep – Navajo Language Lesson

February 14, 2013 by

Sleep - Navajo Language Lesson

 

SLEEP
Lying on my blanket bed on the floor of the hogan,I say to myself
over and over, “If the sun shines tomorrow we will go to the Sing.”

 

Source : “Little Herder in the Winter” by Ann Clark 1940
Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

More Navajo Language Lessons

Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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Father Comes Back – Navajo Language Lesson

February 6, 2013 by

Father Comes Back - Navajo Language Lesson

 

Father Comes Back
We hear my father singing as he rides along the snowy trail.
My grandmother goes to her hogan and my mother and 1, we stand together, laughing.
We stand together outside our door, happy because my father comes back again

Source : “Little Herder in the Winter” by Ann Clark 1940
Illustrated by:
Hoke Denetsosie
Linguistics by:
John P. Harrington
Robert W. Young

More Navajo Language Lessons

Navajo People Website Links:
Navajo Culture – Navajo History – Navajo Art – Navajo Clothing Navajo Pictures – Navajo Rugs – Navajo Language– Navajo Jewelry – Navajo Code Talker – Navajo Pottery – Navajo Legends – Hogan’s – Sand Painting – Navajo Food – Navajo News – Navajo Nation

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