1--Map of
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Apache County, Arizona) and surrounding areas where movements of black bears (Ursus americanus) were studied.
Panoramic |view of
Canyon de Chelly, below, Spider Rock, far left, and a brief stop-off on Route 66, above
Panoramic view of
Canyon de Chelly, below, Spider Rock, far left, and a brief stop-off on Route 66, above
The collection includes portraits as well as images of weavers, musicians,
Canyon de Chelly, Taos Pueblo and Taos cemetery.
Left: Blue
Canyon de Chelly. ca 1985 Stoneware, glazed and sandblasted.
I never pick up hitch-hikers, but I had driven the stretch between Tsaille, where the four story Dine college rose out of the wilderness, down to the entrance of
Canyon de Chelly, where I politely asked the well-groomed tourist guide if he had heard of road 24, which my friend had referenced.
A val sta Leaving Goulding's, we took the scenic drive to the
Canyon de Chelly, a site of poignant significance to the Navajo.
This 300-mile journey is known as "The Long Walk." Late in 1868, the Navaho were set free and allowed to return to reservation land in an area in the Four Corners country near the
Canyon de Chelly where the states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico touch.
Highlights include photographs of
Canyon de Chelly by Sandi and Walt O'Brien, 2 p.m.
More than 50 years after his signature works were taken, and 25 years after his death, Adams' photographs of
Canyon de Chelly, Glacier, Grand Tetons, and Yosemite continue to be among the most popular images of our national parks.
Simonds is best known for small-scale clay sculptures of dilapidated brick buildings that recall the ancient cliff dwellings in Arizona's
Canyon de Chelly and Peru's Machu Picchu, and are the homes, he says, of nomadic "little people." These structures stem from his earliest works, rituals of burial and rebirth he enacted in the clay pits of Sayreville, New Jersey--the "basis from which I began metaphorically," the artist says of these performances.
We have reservations at Monument Valley and
Canyon de Chelly, days until our flights.