Front:
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly
View in Monument Valley
The Window at Window Rock, Arizona
NAVAJO
COUNTRY
NAVAJO
LOF
SCENIC
LAND
SOUTHWEST
OF THE
SEAL
GREAT
TRIBE
Back:
NAVAJO COUNTRY
NAVAJOLAND-A pastoral land of pristine beauty sprawling
beneath a turquoise sky over the Great Southwest where
Indians dwell in deep canyons and sandy deserts, or high
mesas and tall mountains, but always in perfect harmony with
nature. As yet unspoiled by traffic lights, lurid roadside bill-
boards, flickering neon signs, and other elements of civiliza-
tion, NAVAJOLAND beckons to the traveler long weary of
traffic jams, noise, and crowded situations elsewhere. COME
TO NAVAJOLAND FOR A VISIT AND SEE.
MONUMENT VALLEY is a valley of monumental monoliths,
some massive, others delicate, all rearing their eroded fantas-
tic shapes above the blood-red sand of the valley floor. Carved
through the ages by erosive forces, the valley, in the changing
light from dawn to dusk, is an ever-inspiring panorama of
massive proportions.
CANYON DE CHELLY is a vast colorful gorge some 1000 feet
deep, with precipitous red sandstone walls and a lazy stream
meandering through its depths, along which spread Navajo
hogans, corrals, orchards and fields. A herder on foot or
horseback driving his flock of sheep and goats is not an un-
common sight in the canyon bottom. Ancient cliff-dwellings
and surface ruins, visible from the rims, dot the canyon.
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE. Similar to Canyon de Chelly
in formation, but less in breadth from rim to rim, is the gorge
of the Little Colorado River west of Cameron, Arizona. The
deep canyon, carved by the splashing and cascading waters of
the Little Colorado, deceptively seems scarcely wider than a
few feet, but its depth is apt to overawe one at first glance.
GRAND FALLS. Lucky is the person who sees the falls in
action, for unless it has been raining farther up the Little
Colorado, or melting snows have caused a heavy run-off, the
Falls are quiescent. When they are running, however, they
present a rare sight, for the muddy water cascades over 185
feet of terraces, throwing what appears almost like a spray
of dust into the air from its boiling descent.
RAINBOW BRIDGE. Although Lake Powell, backed up almost
to the fantastic arch that is Rainbow Bridge, provides a new
means of access to it, only a view from the air can portray the
strange, otherworld country that lies behind it. The rock seems
to have bubbled into domes, part of which have fallen to be-
come the hiding places of brilliantly blue lakes.
BETATAKIN. The great scooped bowl that contains the terraced
ruin of Betatakin is so large that the Washington Capitol could
easily fit into it. The arch is almost perfect. Houses in the ruin
cluster within its shelter, edged outside by luxuriant green
foliage that is fed by a spring from which the ancient inhabi-
tants got their water.
WINDOW ROCK is a huge perforation in the reddish sandstone
cliff formations which extend over a wide area. Standing
beneath this tremendous opening to the sky, one is awed by
the power of the elements necessary to create such a master-
piece of artistry. Spreading out from the base of the window
are the man-made structures comprising the administrative com-
plex of the Navajo capitol.
Amid these "SEVEN WONDERS OF THE NAVAJO WORLD",
and dwarfing them by far, is the EIGHTH and most wonderful
Wonder of all the NAVAJO INDIANS, a friendly and
hospitable people. With GRAND CANYON in their back yard,
the Navajo People and NAVAJOLAND are indeed exciting to
the venturesome traveler of today's busy world.
