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Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/ d ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona , it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region.
Initially anglicized as Chin Lee, the spelling of the name was changed to Chinle on April 1, 1941. [5] Chinle serves as a gateway community for Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The monument was established in 1931 primarily to preserve the archaeological sites and record of ancient human history.
Its name is derived from the Navajo word ch'inili meaning 'where the waters came out. Its sources is in Canyon de Chelly National Monument where Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto have their confluence at an elevation of 5,616 feet at 36°08′35″N 109°29′17″W / 36.14306°N 109.48806°W / 36.14306; -109.
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, United States (from Navajo Tséyiʼ, which means "canyon" ) Cheile Cheii, Vâlcea, Romania (Gorges' Gorges – Romanian) Col de Port, Ariège, France (Pass Pass – French and Occitan) Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France (Coast of Coast – French and Breton) Cuesta Grade, California (grade grade – Spanish and English)
Satellite image of northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, including the Four Corners Monument (FC). Snow dusts higher elevations in the image. Labeled natural features are the Chuska Mountains (CM), the Carrizo Mountains (C), Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MV), Black Mesa (B), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (CdC), and the Defiance Uplift-() (D).
The land on which Fort Defiance was eventually established was first noted by the U.S. military when Colonel John Washington stopped there on his return journey from an expedition to Canyon de Chelly. [5] Fort Defiance was established on September 18, 1851, by Col. Edwin V. Sumner to create a military presence in Diné bikéyah (Navajo territory).
Pribilof Canyon, in the Bering Sea, southeast of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska; Scripps Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, southern California; Zhemchug Canyon, in the central Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia; the largest submarine canyon in the world based on drainage area
"Cañon de Chelly — Navajo" (1904). Seven Navajo riders on horseback and dog trek against background of canyon cliffs on the Navajo Nation. From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis "The Library of Congress scan is much darker, especially the sky, but that didn't look very Arizonan to me." Date: 1904: Source