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Navajo Transit System
The Navajo Transit System (NTS) is a public transportation system that serves and operates on the Navajo Nation. The system currently operates 17 routes throughout the Navajo Nation and within Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.Bigwater, Lee. (2014). Navajo Nation Partnership June 19, 2014 Presentation to Steering Committee owerpoint Slides Retrieved from http://aztribaltransportation.org/nnp/pdf/061914-Navajo-Transit-Presentation.pdf The system provides service to 41 of the 110 Navajo Chapter communities. The NTS is a department of the Division of Transportation of the Navajo Nation Government. The NTS receives funding from the Arizona Department of Transportation, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, the Utah Department of Transportation, and the Federal Transit Administration. The NTS has been criticized for frequent service interruptions. In 2017, the NTS had some federal grants suspended due to non-compliance with government protocol. In 2018, The NTS announced a partner ...
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Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in Window Rock, Arizona. At roughly , the Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the United States, exceeding the size of List of U.S. states and territories by area, ten U.S. states. It is one of the few reservations whose lands overlap the nation's traditional homelands. In 2010, the reservation was home to 173,667 out of 332,129 Navajo tribal members; the remaining 158,462 tribal members lived outside the reservation, in urban areas (26%), border towns (10%), and elsewhere in the U.S. (17%). In 2020, the number of tribal members increased to 399,494, surpassing the Cherokee Nation as the largest tribal group by enrollment. The U.S. Mexican Cession, gained ownership of what is today Navajoland in 1848 following the Mexican–A ...
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Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A substantial percentage of its population is Native Americans in the United States, Native American, with residents from the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni people, Zuni tribes. Gallup is the county seat of McKinley County and the most populous city between Flagstaff, Arizona, Flagstaff and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque, along historic U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico, U.S. Route 66. Gallup is known as the "Heart of Indian Country" because it is on the edge of the Navajo reservation and is home to members of many other tribes, as well. The city is on the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway (New Mexico), Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.Trail of the Ancients.
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Aneth, Utah
Aneth () is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, Utah, United States. The population was 427 at the 2020 census. The origin of the name Aneth is obscure. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.7 square miles (30.4 km2), of which 11.4 square miles (29.5 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km2) (2.73%) is water. Government Kenneth Maryboy is the council delegate representing Aneth in the Navajo Nation Council. Aneth is the site of the local government. It is the location of the meetings. The area under the local government is called Aneth Chapter, and is a part of the Navajo Nation's system of local governments known as chapter houses. Aneth Chapter is part of Navajo Nation and is located north of the San Juan River, stretching from Montezuma Creek to the Colorado state border, with disputed territories east of Bluff and along the northern border. Demographics As of the census ...
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Window Rock, Arizona
Window Rock, known in Navajo language, Navajo as Tségháhoodzání (), is a city and census-designated place that serves as the capital of the Navajo Nation, the largest List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States, Native American tribe by both land and tribal enrollment. The capital lies within the boundaries of the St. Michaels, Arizona, St. Michaels Chapter house (Navajo Nation), Chapter, adjacent to the Arizona and New Mexico state line. Window Rock is the site of the Navajo Nation governmental campus, which contains the Navajo Nation Council, Navajo Nation Supreme Court, the offices of the Navajo Nation President and Vice President, and many Navajo government buildings. Window Rock's population was 2,500 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is estimated to reach around 20,000 during weekdays when tribal offices are open. Window Rock's main natural attraction is the window formation of sandstone (Entrada Sandstone) which the community is ...
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Sanders, Arizona
Sanders () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, Apache County, Arizona, United States. Sanders is located at the junction of U.S. Route 191 in Arizona, U.S. Route 191 and Interstate 40 in Arizona, Interstate 40. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, it had a population of 575. History Sanders' English name either comes from C.W. Sanders, a railroad office engineer, or Art Saunders, who had a trading post nearby. The railroad station was named ''Cheto'' to avoid confusion with another station named Sanders already on the line. Sanders is located near Interstate 40 and the BNSF Railway. Old U.S. Route 66 in Arizona, Route 66 runs near the town and some sections of the highway still exist. Sanders is surrounded by the Nahata Dziil and (north of the town) Houck, Arizona, Houck chapters of the Navajo Nation. The latter is made up of local Navajos from the area and relocated Navajo refugees from the Navajo/Hopi land dispute. That dispute relocate ...
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Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff ( ), known locally as Flag, is the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 76,831. Flagstaff is the principal city of the Coconino County, Arizona, Flagstaff metropolitan area, which includes all of Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County, and has a population of 145,101. Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau and within the San Francisco volcanic field, along the western side of the largest contiguous Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine forest in the continental United States. The city sits at around and is next to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at , is about north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness. The geology of the area includes exposed rock from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras, with Moenkopi Formation red sandstone ha ...
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Birdsprings, AZ
Birdsprings (Tsídi to'ii) is a settlement in unincorporated Navajo County, Arizona, north of Winslow. The Little Colorado River runs through Birdsprings. It is in the southwestern portion of the Navajo Nation reservation and is part of District 5. The name Birdsprings is in reference to spring that at one time drew birds. The community is small and has a chapter, which was established on December 5, 1955. Education The Flagstaff Unified School District is the local school district. Residents attend Leupp Elementary School. There is a tribal elementary school called Little Singer Community School, affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Hataalii Yazhi, a medicine man, in the 1970s proposed establishing the school so area children did not have to travel far for their education. The school was named after him. The original buildings used two geodesic domes as features. In 2014 the school had 81 students. By 2014 the original campus was described by the Associated ...
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Pinon, Arizona
Pinon () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and located on the Navajo Nation. The population was 904 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,190 people, 296 households, and 240 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 372 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.9% Native American, 7.7% White, 0.3% from other races, and 0.1% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Navajo people make up a majority of the population in Pinon, with other being Hopi and Caucasian people. There were 296 households, out of which 58.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 25.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 18.6% of all ...
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Dilkon, Arizona
Dilkon () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2010 census. The name of the town is said to be derived from the Navajo phrase "Smooth black rock" or "Bare surface.” Government Dilkon Chapter is one of 110 certified chapters of the Navajo Nation local. As of December 21, 2010, the chapter has achieved Local Governance Certification. Council delegates: Jerry Freddie (four terms), Elmer Begay (2 terms) Chapter president: Lorenzo lee Sr. Chapter vice president: Chapter secretary: Chapter treasure: Past Council delegates: Manual Shirley 1978–1990 Alfred Joe 1990–1994 Elmer Clark 1990–1994 Geography Dilkon is located at (35.3606096, -110.3155400). It is located on the Colorado Plateau and within the area of the Hopi Buttes volcanic field. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,265 people, 298 h ...
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Tsaile, Arizona
Tsaile () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States, on the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,205 at the 2010 census. Tsaile is the home of the main campus of Diné College (formerly Navajo Community College), a tribally controlled community college. It has seven other campuses across the Navajo Nation. Tsaile Public School (Grades K-8) is located in Tsaile. Students attend Chinle High School in Chinle, Arizona, for high school, which is about 25 miles away via Navajo Route 64. Geography Tsaile is located approximately east of Chinle, just outside the boundaries of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.88%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,078 people, 244 households, and 200 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 345 housing units at an average density of . The racial m ...
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Ganado, Arizona
Ganado () is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 883 at the 2020 census, reduced from 1,210 at the 2010 census. Ganado is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and is the delegate seat for the district that encompasses the Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, and Steamboat communities at the Navajo Nation Council. The Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site in Ganado is maintained as an example of a 19th-century trading post. Geography Ganado is located at (35.702571, −109.553234). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The greater Ganado area includes Ganado, Burnside, Cornfields, Kinlichee, Wood Springs, Klagetoh, and Steamboat and the family ranches dispersed amongst these sub-areas. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Ganado has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" ...
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Chinle, Arizona
Chinle () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The name in Navajo means and is a reference to the location where the water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly. The population was 4,518 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History In the Spanish colonial period, Chinle was a base for both trade and war. After acquisition of this area by the United States following the Mexican–American War, relations between the peoples deteriorated in the 1860s. The United States conducted a peace conference through their representative Kit Carson and the Navajo people in order to end the war between the Navajo and the U.S. The first trading post operated out of a tent and was established here in 1882. By 1885 a full-sized camp had developed. The Chinle Boarding School was established in 1910 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Khalil Anthony Johnson Jr., a PhD candidate at Yale University, wrote an article in 2014 that said, with this schoo ...
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