Every spring and summer, after the winter thaw allows, about a dozen Navajo families still return to their old homesteads at the bottom of Arizona's Canyon de Chelly. The canyon has cradled human ...

CHINLE, Ariz.--Of all the places I've visited on Road Trip 2007, I don't think any have been quite so far off the beaten path as Canyon de Chelly. This is a truly wondrous place. For nearly 5,000 ...

THE NAVAJO NATION — There is an often-used, traditional Navajo prayer that begins, “In beauty, I walk.” And on this early-September morning, I found myself surrounded by beauty as I roamed the verdant ...

Situated in the middle of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, Canyon de Chelly National Monument is the heart of Navajo country, both geographically and spiritually. Native families have lived ...

Visiting Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona will be a different experience from most federal reserves. Because the place is of extraordinary importance to the Navajo people, it remains ...

Art explores slot canyons in Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly. The American Southwest's bizarre and beautiful rock formations are the result of eons of erosion. In Utah’s Zion National Park, Art explores ...

FILE - The vast landscape opens up inside Canyon de Chelly National Monument, May 30, 2010, near Chinle, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (Ross D. Franklin ...

FILE - The vast landscape opens up inside Canyon de Chelly National Monument, May 30, 2010, near Chinle, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — ...