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coincidence One of the most significant words in the Joe Leaphorn/Tony Hillerman lexicon. The term refers to apparently random, often… |
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Colorado Chiquito The Colorado Chiquito is the Spanish name given to the “Little Colorado River”, a tributary of the Colorado River whose headwaters are in the White Mountains of Arizona… |
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Colorado Gorge, Arizona The Colorado Gorge probably refers to the Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona. Geologically created by the Little Colorado River, a tributary of the Colorado… |
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Colorado Plateau, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah A physiographic province that stretches across 130,000 square miles in the Four Corners Region of the American Southwest. The topographic features of this plateau… |
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Colorado River This is the largest river in the Southwestern United States, and its headwaters are located in the state of Colorado at La Poudre Pass Lake. The Colorado runs through… |
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colt A young male horse, under the age of four, that has not been castrated. |
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Comanche people and culture The Comanche are a Plains Indian tribe federally recognized as the Comanche Nation, with about half the of the nation's population residing on their designated… |
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commune A commune is a group of people living together and sharing common interests, values, and endeavors, including property, possessions, and resources. In the 1960s and… |
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Communicable Disease Laboratory A laboratory dedicated to the study of infectious (also known as contagious) diseases, which are diseases that spread from one person to another or from an animal to a… |
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compass A device that uses the Earth's magnetic fields to determine the direction north, for navigation purposes. From the location of true north, other cardinal directions can… |
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complexion A reference to a person's face. Sometimes the word specifically draws attention to skin color (dark, sun-burned, fair), sometime it refers to skin condition (smooth… |
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concho Often seen with the Anglicized spelling of "concho," a concha is a traditional Native American jewelry design that resembles a concha, which means "shell" in Spanish… |
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concussion A concussion can result from a blow to the head which jars or otherwise impacts the brain. Brain function may be impaired temporarily, although a concussion does not… |
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confessional The small enclosure within which a priest hears a Catholic supplicant's confession. |
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confessor The role a priest plays during a Catholic confession. In this function, the priest witnesses a supplicant's oral and physical expression of his or her desire to "… |
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Connecticut A state located along the Atlantic coast in New England and one of the thirteen original British colonies in North America. Connecticut officially became a state in… |
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Conoco Conoco is another name for the Continental Oil Company, a petroleum company founded in 1875. At one point, Conoco had 1,800 wells throughout the Rocky Mountain region… |
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conscious Aware. |
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constable A peace officer who holds the authority to maintain order and safety and arrest suspect criminals. A constable usually functions as an officer of the law in a rural… |
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constellation A term in astronomy referring to a group of stars that can be seen from Earth as forming a certain shape. Various ancient mythologies (such as Greek, Euphratean, and… |
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Continental Divide, North America Generally speaking, a continental divide is a geographic formation usually located on a continent’s high mountain peaks. Continental divides separate water drainage in… |
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Cooper's hawk Mostly found in wooded areas throughout the United States, Cooper's hawks are mid-sized predatory birds. They eat other smaller birds and have been known to forage… |
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cooperative An organization or business that is owned by the people who operate it, with responsibilities and revenues shared among the workers. |
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corn Corn is a cereal plant, found throughout the Americas, that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob. What we call corn today, however, has traditionally… |
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corn beetle Corn Beetle, also known as Anlt'áni in Navajo, appears in the sandpaintings of some Navajo ceremonials. Early researchers incorrectly translated the Navajo word… |