Talk:Huérfano Mountain

Needs some editing/clarification

The article starts out by claiming that Huerfano Mountain (actually, it's locally most commonly referred to as a mesa) is one of the Navajo's four sacred mountains.

This isn't true. The four sacred mountains are Mount Hesperus in Colorado (north); Mount Blanca in Colorado (east); Mount Taylor in New Mexico (south); and the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona (west).

In the second paragraph, the author rightly assigns Huerfano (Mesa) to being one of the Navajo's "sacred inner mountains". However, instead of there being only two sacred inner mountains as cited, there are actually three. The other two (which should be mentioned, along with links) are Gobernador Knob (most definitely) and Navajo Mountain (sometimes omitted).

While there are other sacred and/or revered mesas, buttes & peaks in the Navajo Nation, these seven are widely regarded as the most significant.

There are tons of citations on the Web, and those from Navajo sources (if we're talking 'sacred') evidently carry much more weight than scholarly or governmental sources.

Sources:

Harison Lapahie's website (http://www.lapahie.com/sacred_mts.cfm)

Gomyson (http://www.gomyson.com/foursacredmtn.html)

174.28.114.126 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:09, 25 April 2017 (UTC) 174.28.114.126 (talk) 19:26, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Smoke and .... mirrors??

The article says, "An Ancestral Puebloan long-distance communication system that utilized smoke and mirrors existed in the region..."

Um, no, there were no mirrors, but smoke is a possibility. Amaling (talk) 01:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)