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Canyon de Chelly

Type of Place: Basketmaker, Ancestral Puebloan and Historic Navajo sites
Ownership: National Park Service
Contact: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, P.O. Box 588, Chinle, AZ 86503
Telephone: (928) 674-5500
Email: Ailema Benally
Website: Canyon de Chelly
Hours: Visitor Center open daily: Oct – Apr: 8 am – 5 pm; May – Sept: 8 am – 6 pm
Entrance Fee: Varies
Guided Tours: All hikes except White House Ruin require a Navajo guide
Notes:
Nearby Heritage Sites: Hubble Trading Post

Site Summary: At the base of sheer red cliffs and in canyon wall caves are the remains of Indian villages built between AD 350 and 1300. Canyon de Chelly National Monument offers visitors the chance to learn about Southwestern Indian history from the earliest Basketmakers to the Navajo Indians who live and farm there today. Photograph of Canyon de Chelly National Monument © Adriel Heisey

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