Explore the lesser-known Arizona canyon, Canyon de Chelly, a natural wonder with mesmerizing scenery and rich history.

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 ...

You can't drive around on your own in this canyon, or hike where you please. And you should ask permission before taking pictures of the Navajo Indians who still live and farm here. But these rules ...

Canyon de Chelly is lined with towering red sandstones. But the physical landscape is only part of the draw. This majestic canyon, replete with thousands of ruins, carvings and paintings on stone, is ...

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 ...

Standing on the rim of Canyon de Chelly, you wonder about how to get to the bottom. Your options are limited. You either hire a Navajo guide or you make a 2½-mile round-trip hike down from the mesa to ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is seeking full control of one of the only national monuments entirely on reservation land, the majestic Canyon de Chelly and its hundreds of ancient rock carvings ...

Today, Canyon de Chelly is one of the most peaceful, picturesque havens in the American Southwest. At the canyon’s mouth, the Navajo tribe owns, operates and staffs the Sacred Canyon Lodge, cafeteria ...

CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. — You can’t drive around on your own in this canyon, or hike where you please. And you should ask permission before taking pictures of the Navajo Indians who ...