Can I Visit the Reservations in the Southwest?

In recent posts, Kelly has suggested many sites to visit on and off the reservations in the northern Plains. In the Southwest, National Relief Charities works on more than 50 reservations primarily in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.  For a complete list, go to our service area map and then click on the Southwest link.

Today I wanted to provide a list of historical and cultural sites you can visit on some of the Southwest reservations we serve. Be sure to revisit our July 15 post on reservation etiquette before you travel.

Site Description Location Reservation
Canyon de Chelly One of the longest continuously inhabited lands of North America, with distinctive architecture, artifacts, and rock imagery, and preservation. Canyon de Chelly also sustains a living community of Navajo people, who are connected to a landscape of great historical and spiritual significance AZ – Chinle Navajo
Navajo Long Walk True stories of inhabitants inside Canyon de Chelly and the Navajo Long Walk to “the suffering place” AZ – Chinle Navajo
White Mountain Apache Museum Located in the Fort Apache Historic Park on tribal lands, Nohwike’ Bágowa – “House of Our Footprints” – is the place to experience Apache history and culture AZ -Fort Apache White Mountain Apache
Havasu Falls Hike to the relaxing blue-green waterfall hidden away in the Grand Canyon, on the homeland of the Havasupai people AZ – Grand Canyon, near Peach Springs Havasupai
Colorado River Indian Tribes Visit ruins of the “people who live beside the river.” Paintings and museums, as well as boating along the Colorado River AZ  – Parker, near CA border Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo
Walatowa Visitor Center & Jemez Pueblo Musuem Take a journey through centuries of migration, change and adaptation into the new millennium. Experience a timeless harmony and way of life largely passed, and the way of life circa World War II NM – Jemez Pueblo Jemez
Institute of American Indian Arts Native art museum with broad scope of contemporary Indian art. Home to the College of Contemporary Native Arts NM – Santa Fe Many tribes represented
Window Rock Tribal Park & Veterans Memorial Honors Navajo soldiers and Code Talkers who used the Navajo language to create a code that was never broken by the enemy.  Historians credit the Navajo Code Talkers for helping to win World War II. Easily measures up to “The Wall” memorial in Washington, DC NM – Window Rock Navajo
A:shiwi A:wan Museum & Heritage Center An historical perspective for all ages that spans over five centuries. Hand-painted migration story murals, emergence from the fourth underworld, and perilous journey to find the middle place NM – Zuni Zuni
Monument Valley The Navajo people established Monument Valley as a Navajo Tribal Park in 1958. They manage and protect this treasure of towering rock formations, mesas, and monoliths UT and AZ – Monument Valley, near Four Corners Navajo

 

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  1. Posted June 18, 2018 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

    What a great blog, thank you for creating such awesome articles about Utah and others. Keep up the great work. Love your blog.

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