Canyon de Chelly National Monument
E side of Chinle, Chinle, AZCanyon de Chelly National Monument preserves the remains of aboriginal Anasazi ruins from the Basketmaker II, ca. AD350 through Pueblo III, ca. AD 1300, periods. It contains several large and hundreds of small excellently preserved sites of the prehistoric Anasazi. Many of the sites are cliff dwellings containing large amounts of dry, cultural debris.
In addition, 18th, a 19th and 20th century A.D. sites of Navajo occupancy remain in the monument. The monument is occupied by Navajo Indians who farm and graze the Canyons today.
Canyon de Chelly was the site of Carson's campaign of 1864 which ended the American wars with the Navajo.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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