History: In January 1864, Canyon de Chelly was one site of the decisive U.S. operation of the Navajo Wars, in which Col. Kit Carson's scorched-earth campaign forced the surrender of 8,000 Navajo.

In January of 1864, Canyon de Chelly was part of a pivotal U.S. operation in the Navajo Wars. Col. Kit Carson forced the removal of 8,000 Navajo from their homeland.

In Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly, he goes by horseback with a Navajo guide to discover petroglyphs hidden in tribal lands. Aired 05/05/2007 | Rating TV-G ...

Canyon de Chelly includes Canyon del Muerto, Monument Canyon and other gorges. Throughout the canyon, you'll find other petroglyphs, or carvings, and pictographs, or paintings.

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "de Shay," after the Navajo word Tséyi) is about 45 miles long. The canyon, entered at Chinle, Arizona, along with Canyon del Muerto form a complex of 84,000 acres ...

Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located in North East Arizona approximately 100 miles from four corners (where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet).

Four or five Navajo families tend land in Canyon de Chelly and Canyon de Muerto in the summer. In the cold months, the families move to holdings up on the rim or to the town of Chinle to the west.

Viewing Canyon de Chelly (d'SHAY) from a rim overlook is like balancing on the edge of time. Stone and water and the high desert sky evoke a surrealistic landscape. Perhaps this is what eternity ...

Situated in the northeastern part of the state in the Four Corners region, Canyon de Chelly is only 150 miles from Mesa Verde, but it feels like a separate world and reflects one of the longest con… ...