CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT

də shāˈ [De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon], 83,840 acres (33,955 hectares), NE Ariz.; est. 1931. The area contains the ruins of several hundred prehistoric Native American villages, most of them built a.d. 350–1300. The spectacular cliff dwellings include Mummy Cave, with a three-story tower house. Artifacts have been found, and there are numerous pictographs in rock shelters and on cliff faces. The earliest people living in the region were the Basket Makers, predecessors of the Pueblo. The Navajo came to the canyon c.1700, and it became their chief stronghold. In 1805 a Spanish expedition fought the Navajo in a rock shelter (dubbed Massacre Cave) in Canyon del Muerto (site of a prehistoric burial ground). In 1864 a U.S. cavalry force under Kit Carson engaged the Navajo in Canyon de Chelly. See National Parks and Monuments, table.

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books on: Canyon De Chelly National Monument  - 35 results

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Preliminary Report on a Visit to the Navaho National Monument, Arizona
Book by Jesse Walter Fewkes; Govt. Print. Off., 1911
Subjects: Arizona--Antiquities, Cliff-Dwellings--Arizona, Navajo National Monument (Ariz.)
canyon, and certain ruins west of the Rio...circular ceremonial room in the Navaho National Monument and Canyon de Chelly. The modern representative of this...Arizona ruins. The ruins in the Navaho Monument have ceremonial rooms allied on one...
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Romance of the National Parks
Book by Harlean James; The Macmillan Company, 1939
Subjects: National Parks And Reserves--United States
Hawaii National Park -- Kilauea Eruption 180 Grand Canyon -- El Tovar...Escalante National Monument, Proposed 193 Big...Petrified Forest National Monument 203 Canyon de Chelly National Monument 203 , 204 Montezuma...
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Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
Book by Mark David Spence; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Relocation--History, National Parks And Reserves--United States--History, Nature Conservation--Social Aspects--United States, Wilderness Areas--Government Policy--United States
...areas outside the monument; and the few individuals...communities near the national park, tribal members...Death Valley to national park status and...which comanages Canyon de Chelly National Monument...reservation near Grand Canyon National Park in...
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National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History
Book by Polly Welts Kaufman; University of New Mexico Press, 1998
Subjects: National Parks And Reserves--United States--History, United States--National Park Service--History, United States--National Park Service--Officals And Employees--Biography, Women In Conservation Of Natural Resources--United States--Biography
...Budlong had moved from Canyon de Chelly to El Morro National Monument, where they were...heavy snows. The monument, also called Inscription...the southwestern monuments, wives included...and protecting the monuments. Prime examples...
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Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace
Book by Jesse Walter Fewkes; 1911
Subjects: Colorado--Antiquities
...Among these clusters may be mentioned the Canyon de Chelly, the Navaho National Monument, the Red Rocks area, and that of the upper...cliffs. In the cliff-houses of the Navaho Monument a large majority of the houses have the rear...
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journal articles on: Canyon De Chelly National Monument  - 13 results

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PART THREE: Photographs by George Alexander Grant of National Monuments and Parks in the American Southwest
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: National parks and reserves--Bibliography, National parks--Bibliography
...Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 1930...Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona (1924...30. Wupatki National Monument, Arizona (1924...House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument...negative Canyon de Chelly 2, taken 19...
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"A Monument to Native Civilization": Byron Cummings" Still-Unfolding Vision for Kinishba Ruins
Journal article by John R. Welch; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 49, 2007
Subjects: Archaeology, Arizona State Museum--Management, Publishing industry, United States. National Park Service--Management, University of Arizona Press--Management
...to the tribe how monument designation might...inclusion in the monument boundaries. At...regarding nearby Canyon de Chelly and Navajo national monuments (see Brugge and...crucial impasse in monument planning. Regardless...
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Goodbye-And Hello: Our Staff Reporter Introduces Herself
Journal article by Rebecca Berg; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 70, 2008
Subjects: National Environmental Health Association--Officials and employees, Periodical editors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Periodical editors--Practice
...Research Board (a division of the National Academies). But I was new...sandstone formations, and scrub. Canyon de Chelly National Monument lies just a couple miles outside...flying miles from the Grand Canyon)--PHS sent Steward to the...
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PART ONE: The Antiquities Act of 1906 by Ronald Freeman Lee
Journal article by Raymond Harris Thompson; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities Act, Antiquities--Protection and preservation, Archaeology and history--United States, Historic sites, Historical archaeology--United States, Lee, Ronald Freeman--Political activity, National parks and reserves--History, National parks--History, Native American antiquities, Native Americans, Presidents (Government)--Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents--Laws, regulations and rules, United States--Political aspects, Western States
...Frijoles Canyon, near Santa...Bandelier National Monument. Before...Pajarito National Park, Pecos...Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Walnut...national monuments established...system of 51 national monuments preserving...including Grand Canyon, Zion...
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PART TWO: Edgar Lee Hewett and the Political Process
Journal article by Raymond Harris Thompson; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities Act, Antiquities--Protection and preservation, Archaeological Institute of America--History, Archaeology, Hewett, Edgar Lee--Political activity, Historic sites, National parks and reserves--Political aspects, National parks--Political aspects, Southwestern United States
...enthusiasm for establishing national parks, for example...places as national monuments (Lubick 1996: 54...Mesa Verde National Monument, especially since...creating Petrified Forest National Monument on December 8, 1906...converting that national monument to a national park...to create national monuments (Ise 1961; Lee 1970...
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magazine articles on: Canyon De Chelly National Monument  - 36 results

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Escape to Navajo Country
Magazine article by Nora Burba Trulsson; Sunset, Vol. 207, December 2001
Subjects: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Canyons, Tourism, Vacations, Winter
...Chelly National Monument. Other than our...square-mile national monument during the winter...canyons, Canyon de Chelly and, to the north...people have occupied Canyon de Chelly since about 1700...bottoms of the canyons were about as far...
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Ancient Indians Sought Shadows and Ice Caves
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, August 1993
Subjects: Anasazi Tribe, Ancient civilizations, Arizona, Behavior, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Caves, Native Americans, Shelters, Temperature
...Ice Caves Shoveling dirt on a bright summer day in Canyon de Chelly, a deep ravine carved into the western slope of the...ones," in the Navajo language), first occupied Canyon de Chelly more than 2,000 years ago. The earliest Anasazi...
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The Grand Canyon: A Spiritual Journey to Arizona's Desert Heart: Nation Hopping: The Most Awe-Inspiring Geological Wonders of Arizona Reside in the Most Culturally Rich Corner of the State. the Grand Canyon and the Navajo and Hopi Nations-A Journey That's Transporting in More Ways Than One
Magazine article by Matthew Link; The Advocate, September 9, 2008
Subjects: Arizona--Description and travel, Canyons--Appreciation, Navajos--Appreciation, Navajos--Social aspects
...other tourist monuments that can...the Grand Canyon as a jam...the Grand Canyon National Park is one...bypassed the canyons popular Bright...northeast, to Monument Valley...stop was Canyon de Chelly National Monument, a hallowed...
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A View with a Room: The Navajo Nation Opens a Sleek Hotel in the Southwest's Iconic Monument Valley
Magazine article by Andrew Collins; The Advocate, September 2009
Subjects: Hotels and motels--Colorado, Hotels and motels--Service introduction, Monument Valley--Buildings and facilities
...Southwests Iconic Monument Valley. by Andrew...scenery and iconic national parks, the Four...Sedona and the Grand Canyon in Arizona; and...Lodge at the Grand Canyon) built this rambling...LaPosada.org CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT...of sheer-walled canyons roughly 1,000...
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SW Canyons & Balloons
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 62, July 1996
Subjects: Nature photography--Southwestern States, Southwestern States--Description and travel, Travel--Planning
...Fiesta! PSA SW Canyon Country is timed...photograph Antelope Canyon--the most magnificent of the slot canyons, glowing with...the "grandest" canyon of all. We stop...themselves. Zion National Park is next...Mexican Hat and Monument Valley. Our goal...capturing the splendid monuments of stone. Our...At Canyon de Chelly we photograph from...
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newspaper articles on: Canyon De Chelly National Monument  - 8 results

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Death Follows Navajos; Arizona Canyon No Longer Sustains Their Peach Trees
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 12, 2008
...one by one from the canyon rim. Less than six...trees. And now the canyons trees are dying a second...labyrinth known as Canyon de Chelly National Monument. "The rest will probably...descended into these canyons, historians say...
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Cactus to Canyons
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 9, 2011
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
Cactus to Canyons. Byline: Giovanna...cactuses in Saguaro National Park, fulfilled...up on the Grand Canyons rim to a swirling...the sunset in the Monument Valley from one...cottonwood-shaded canyons and skirting lakes...the way to remote Canyon de Chelly, on a fragrant...
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Monument to a Vibrant Early People of Arizona; Pueblo Cave Dwellers Taught Navajos to Farm
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 31, 2004
Monument to a Vibrant...the Canon de Chelly in the east...west to Marble Canyon and the Painted...through wild canyons filled with...the Coconino National Forest. Once...lies Antelope Canyon, a narrow red sandstone slot canyon with corkscrewlike...our way to Monument Valley, we...the Wupatki National Monument...
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Save 20 Percent on Bicycle Tours in Europe
Newspaper article by George Hobica, Kim Liang Tan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 5, 2006
...and the South Polish National Parks combines three...accommodation within the Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeast Arizona...additional person for a "de Chelly" room with two double...group tours in Canyon de Chelly National Monument...
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Harried, Nostalgic Society Turns to the West for Solace: Open Country, Cowboy, Indian Cultures Call
Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, July 3, 1996
...Rising out of red canyons, this 10,000...year are made to national parks in the Rocky...mesas pockmarked by canyons. Most harrowing...000-foot-deep canyons leading to the Oljeto...far more touristy Monument Valley, past the...the reservation to Canyon de Chelly National Monument...
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encyclopedia articles on: Canyon De Chelly National Monument  - 3 results

 
 
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Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT d sha De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon...under Kit Carson engaged the Navajo in Canyon de Chelly. See National Parks and Monuments , table...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS (table...324,471) Canyons and desert...1980. Black Canyon of the Gunnison...region. National Monuments Name Type...Fria River canyon; more than...mammals. Canyon de Chelly MO NE Ariz...villages. Canyons of the Ancients...
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Cliff Dwellers
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...on ledges in the canyon walls and on the...dwellings are now in national parks. Some of...300 dwellings; Canyons of the Ancients...House national monuments, also in Colorado...Hovenweep National Monument, in Utah; Bandelier...Dwellings national monuments, in New Mexico; and Canyon de Chelly , Casa Grande Ruins...


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