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Navajo AreaIndian Health Service

Updated: -10//09/08508 compliant

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Spider Rock-Canyon De Chelly

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The Navajo Reservation

• 25,000 square miles in size

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Traditional Cradleboard

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The Navajo Nation

• Second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States (Cherokee being first)

• Approximately 298,000 members nationwide• 168,000 members reside on the reservation• Half of the population is under age 25

-Growth rate is nearly 4x that of the U.S.

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Hogan

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Canyon De ChellyNational Monument

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Canyon De Chelly

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Chinle Hospital Entrance

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Chinle Hospital ER Entrance

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ER Trauma Bay(one of two)

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Canyon De Chelly National Monument

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Life in the Navajo• Elevation Range 5,500 – 9,000 ft

• Semi desert plateau with wooded mesa, mountain ranges, canyons and valleys

• Temperature range 0 – 90 degrees F (with low humidity)

• Annual rainfall 8.5 inches

• Seasons: Winter, Wind, Sun, Monsoon

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Three Turkey Ruins

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Life in the Navajo

• Activities:– Ultimate Frisbee– Book Clubs / Film Nights– Wellness Center– Potlucks– Hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, rock

climbing, skiing

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The Flying Goatheads(Ultimate Frisbee)

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Chinle “Window Rock”

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Life in the Navajo• Services

– Basha’s Supermarket / Tucson Co-op– Restaurants

– Garcia’s, Junction, Thunderbird, fast food – Wells Fargo Bank, US Post Office– Video Rental– Churches – DSL Internet

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Some of our government housing…

Chinle Pinon

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Checking out the ball field

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Puebloan Ruins

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Native Culture

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Native Culture • Rodeos, pow-wows, ceremonies

• Dine Community College – weaving classes, language classes and Native literature classes

• Native food

• Native crafts and craft fairs

• Hiking the canyon with a Navajo guide

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Pinon Outpatient Department

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Life In the Navajo• Activities:

• Book Clubs / Film Nights• Potlucks• Gardening• Fire pits• Hiking, rock climbing, camping, biking, and cross country skiing all in the backyard • Downhill skiing, kayaking, rock climbing, and fishing are all within a few hours

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Navajo Rug

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Navajo Wedding basket

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Petroglyphs

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Life in the Four Corners• Skiing

– Southern Colorado: Telluride, Durango, Wolf Creek– Northern New Mexico: Taos– Salt Lake City, Utah: Park City– Northern Arizona: Snow Bowl

• Mountain biking – Moab, Durango• Ice climbing – Ouray• Hiking/canyoneering – Grand Canyon• White water rafting – Green River, Colorado

River, San Juan River

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Hanging Ladders Trail!

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Twin Trails – Canyon De Chelly

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Telluride, Colorado

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Life in the Four Corners

• National Parks – Canyonlands, Arches, Mesa Verde, Bryce, Zion, Capitol Reef, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Chaco Canyon, and MORE!!

• Hubbell Trading Post Historical Site

• Nearest Cities – Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Sedona, Las Vegas

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Grand Canyon

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Hubbell Trading Post

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Spider Rock