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# Standing the Heat
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/specials/standing-the-heat-vf9bb7/
- Published: 2024-09-11T18:01:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T12:04:34.000Z
- Description: Reintroducing the hogan, an earthen Navajo structure that stays cool in the summers without AC.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_6aadacb4-ae22-442d-b6cf-14f1b79fb89e, #special

Steven Tallas (Navajo Nation) - In a journey of reconnection, filmmaker Steven Tallas explores the hogan - a small, unassuming traditional structure found across the Navajo Nation. Remaining cool in the summers and warm in the winters, this short film revisits the hogan amidst a warming American southwest.