butte

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Butte is a French term meaning “hillock,” which is generally a very high hill with a flat top and steep sides. Buttes usually are bordered by flat plains and are common geologic features in the semi-arid American Southwest.

Photo Credit

 
"Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon, San Juan County, NM, 2009," photograph, New Mexico Centennial Project, Hubbard Museum of the American West (2010.01.123).

Published Works
The Blessing Way (1970)
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (1972)
Listening Woman (1978)
People of Darkness (1980)
Term Type
Geologic Feature
Manuscript Occurrences

 
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 17
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 78

A03 The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (06-08) p. 59

A05 Listening Woman (02-13) p. 48
A05 Listening Woman (02-13) p. 134

A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 236
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 244
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 247
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 250
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 254
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 255
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 263
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 265
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 266
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 267
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 269
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 270
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 271
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 272
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 273
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 275
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 276
A06 People of Darkness (03-06) p. 284

References

 
Encyclopædia Britannica
     N.d.   Butte.   http://www.britannica.com/Ebchecked/topic/86602/butte, accessed May
         20, 2014.