Eastern Agency

Navajo Nation is Divided into 10 Parts: NAVAJO NATION ~ NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT ~

CHINILE AGENCY ~ NAVAJO BANDS ~ FT. DEFIANCE AGENCY ~ SHIPROCK AGENCY & US 64 ~

WESTERN AGENCY & ~ SOUTH WESTERN AGENCY ~ & This page EASTERN AGENCY ~

EASTERN AGENCY

EASTERN AGENCY GENERAL INFORMATION ~ BACA/PREWITT ~ BECENTI ~ BISTI BADLANDS ~

BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS ~ BREAD SPRINGS ~ CASMERO LAKE ~ CHACO CANYON ~ CHI CHIL TAH ~

CHURCH ROCK ~ COUNSELOR ~ CROWNPOINT~ HUERFANO ~ IYANBITO ~ LAKE VALLEY ~ LITTLEWATER ~

MANUELITO ~ NAGEEZI ~ NAHODISHGISH ~ OJO ENCINO ~ PINEDALE ~ PUEBLO PINTADO ~ RED ROCK ~

ROCK SPRINGS ~ SMITH LAKE ~ STANDING ROCK ~ THOREAU ~ TORREON/STAR LAKE ~ TSAYATOH ~

WHITE HORSE LAKE ~

WHITE ROCK ~

(1) NAVAJO BANDS Link: NAVAJO BANDS ~ Off Reservation ~

~ EASTERN AGENCY ~ NAVAJO NATION ~ 4 CORNERS SW USA ~

BISTI BADLANDS BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS

EASTERN AGENCY GENERAL INFORMATION

The Navajo Nation Chapters – Navajo Nation

http://www.navajonationchapters.com/

Navajo Nation Map – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Navajo-Nation-Map-PHS.jpg

Navajo County – Panoramic Aerial Images – created by Dr. William A. Bowen,

Dept. of Geography – CSU Northridge Site -

http://130.166.124.2/az_panorama_atlas/page10/page10.html

Northwestern NM Pueblitos a Navajo Legacy – Text & photos

By Jay W. Sharp – Desert USA Site -

http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/mar/stories/puebito.html

Navajo Pueblitos – Text – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_pueblitos

Early Navajo Lifeways –

http://home.sprynet.com/~dddykeman/sym99.html

Link: 4 CORNERS RIVERS - Rio Puerco River -

Link: 4 CORNERS MOUNTAINS - Carrizo Mts. - Chuska Mts. -

Defiance Plateau - Lukachukai Mts. - San Mateo Mts. - Zuni Mts.

EASTERN AGENCY GENERAL INFORMATION ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

BACA/PREWITT

Just off Highway US I-40, 20 miles West Grants & 10 miles

East of Thoreau - Prewitt is on an Access Road, near Zuni Mountain

Baca/Prewitt Chapter -

http://www.baca.nndes.org/

Baca School design incorporates Navajo Culture – PDF Site –

http://www.bpabq.com/BacaDloaySchool.pdf

~ BACA/PREWITT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

BECENTI

On NM 371, 10 Miles North of Crownpoint NM

Becenti Chapter -

http://becenti.nndes.org/

~ BECENTI ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

BISTI BADLANDS NM Link to: 4 CORNERS PARKS

BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS NM Link to: 4 CORNERS PARKS

BREAD SPRINGS

NM 602, South of Gallup about 11 miles, Turn East on access road,

travel 3.5 miles, then turn North to Bread Springs

Bread Springs Chapter -

http://breadsprings.nndes.org/

Indian Health Service Area Offices – Gallup Area – Listings –

http://www.ihs.gov/facilitiesservices/areaoffices/navajo/naihs-health-care-centers.asp

Mary Saunders – Artist – Beader –

http://indigenous-art.com/marysaunders.html

Bread Springs Map –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Bread+Springs&state=NM

~ BREAD SPRINGS ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

CASMERO LAKE

North of Prewitt (East of Thoreau) about 3 miles

Casamero Lake Chapter -

http://casamerolake.nndes.org/

Gallup-McKinley School District -

http://www.gmcs.k12.nm.us/

Borrego Pass Community School –

http://www.bpcs.bia.edu/

Borrego Pass Community School – Eastern Agency BIA – Scroll to Listing -

http://www.monitoring.sdl.usu.edu/enavajo.htm

A trip to Borrego Pass – Narrative by Abe Pena –

http://cibolabeacon.com/articles/2007/03/22/features/from%20the%20past.txt

Casamero Pueblo Ruins - Photos - Ghost Web Site -

http://photos1.ghostweb.com/casamero1.html

~ CASMERO LAKE ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

CHACO CANYON Link to: 4 CORNERS PARKS

CHI CHIL TAH

Turn West just South of Vander Wagon (about 14 miles South of Gallup)

onto unpaved road, about 11 miles to Chi Chil Tah

Chichiltah Chapter -

http://chichiltah.nndes.org/

Chichiltah/Jones Ranch Community School – Scroll to Listing - BIA –

http://www.monitoring.sdl.usu.edu/enavajo.htm

Chichiltah/Jones Ranch Community School – Last Online – USGS helps

Native American Schools Go Online –

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2001/aug/27/news6.html

Sunny Dooley – Storyteller –

http://www.flagstaffcentral.com/bookfest2001/authors2001/dooley.html

~ CHI CHIL TAH ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

CHURCH ROCK

East of Gallup, access road North and parallel to US I-40

turn North on NM 566

Links: ~ Church Rock Schools ~ Church Rock Military Memorial ~ Church Rock Disaster ~

Church Rock Art ~ Church Rock Outdoors ~

~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Church Rock

Church Rock Chapter -

http://churchrock.nndes.org/

Church Rock Industrial Park – Links – Navajo Advantage Site –

http://www.navajoadvantage.com/pages/church.htm

Red Rock Museum in Church Rock NM –

http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/NM/64420.htm

Sovereign Dineh Nation – Representatives of over 45 Resisting Communities –

Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute – 4/11/97 -

http://prop1.org/caravan/dineh1.htm

OLS Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Center – Last Listing -

http://www.altpet.net/Rescue/NM.html

~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Church Rock Schools

Gallup-McKinley County Schools –

http://www.gmcs.k12.nm.us/

Church Rock Academy – “Home of the Bullfrogs” -

http://cre.gmcs.k12.nm.us/

~ Church Rock Schools ~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Church Rock Military Memorial

Warren Leigh Dempsy CPL/E4 – Killed in Action, USMC Helicopters -

Vietnam Memorial Wall –

http://www.virtualwall.org/dd/DempseyWL01a.htm

Raymond Yazzie CPL – Marine Corps – Vietnam Memorial Wall

http://www.tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?57719

~ Church Rock Military Memorial ~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Church Rock Disaster

“The 20-Year Wait: Church Rock Chapter Emerges as Leader in

Community Based Research” Text – Photos – Links – Spring 2006 - SRIC Site -

http://www.sric.org/voices/2006/v7n1/churchrock.html

The High Cost of Uranium in Navajoland –Scroll to “The Largest Nuclear Accident

In the US” at Church Rock - by Bruce E. Johnson –

http://www.ratical.org/radiation/UraniumInNavLand.html

“Uranium milling and the Church Rock Disaster” – Article

http://www.ratical.org/radiation/KillingOurOwn/KOO9.html

“Containment Loading on the Puerco River, A Historical Overview”

by Chris Shuey, SW Research & Info. Center Site -

http://www.sric.org/uranium/PUERCO92.html

Energy Tribes –…”Indian Reservations Hold Enormous Quantities of

Coal, Oil, Gas & Uranium” …

http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/indian/energy_tribes.htm

US Nuclear Accidents - Scroll to Processing, Storage, Shipment &

Disposal – to 16 July 1979 for Church Rock Listing - by Allen Lutins –

http://www.lutins.org/nukes.html#process

~ Church Rock Disaster ~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY~

Church Rock Art

Craig Kelly – Jeweler -

http://www.nativepeoples.com/article/articles/318/1/2009-MayJune-Table-of-Contents/Page1.html/print/318

Morris Musket – Weaver – Text – Photos – Scroll to Name –

http://morrismuskett.com/

Andrew Todacheene – Master Silversmith - Jeweler -

http://www.newmexicocreates.org/artist_bio.php?id=304

~ Church Rock Art ~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY~

Church Rock Outdoors

Gerald Pinto – Native American Tour Guide – “Indian Country Tours”

Online Tour - Near Church Rock and other Area Attractions - Many

Links – Many Photos – Train Web Site -

http://www.crewten.com/indian_land_tour_1.html

~ Church Rock Outdoors ~ CHURCH ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY~

COUNSELOR

About 57 miles South of Bloomfield NM, US 550

Counselor Chapter -

http://counselor.nndes.org/

Counselor Trading Post – Scroll to Listing –

http://www.indiantraders.com/directory/state/newmexico.htm

Navajo Nation has bought the town of Counselor – Fox News Sits - 4/2/07 –

http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb-20070402-apjc-nnationbuys.260ac650.html

Counselor NM - MAP -

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Counselor&state=NM

~ COUNSELOR ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Counselor Schools

Grace Christian Indian School Private School –

http://www.mytroubledteen.com/26573.coo

~ COUNSELOR ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

CROWNPOINT

At Thoreau on US I-40 take NM 370, North, 24 miles

Links: ~ Crownpoint Airport ~ Crownpoint Schools ~ Navajo Technical College ~

Crownpoint Dine College ~ Crownpoint Area Interest ~ Matthew Martin ~ Crownpoint Arts ~

~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Chapter

http://www.crownpoint.nndes.org/

Native American Feast Days & Events in NM – Coyotes Game Site -

http://www.coyotesgame.com/NAevents.html

Discover Navajo – People of the Fourth World – Navajo Nation Calendar–

http://www.discovernavajo.com/calendar.html

Crownpoint NM - MAP –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Crownpoint&state=NM

Crown PHS Indian Hospital –

http://www.ucomparehealthcare.com/hospital/New_Mexico/Crownpoint_Phs_Indian_Hospital.html

~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Airport

0E8 Crownpoint Airport

http://www.airnav.com/airport/0E8

Flying to Seldom Used Airport – SW Aviator - by J.T. Crawley

http://www.swaviator.com/html/issuesAS00/seldomused.html

~ Crownpoint Airport ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Schools

Gallup-McKinley School District – Links to Schools –

http://www.gmcs.k12.nm.us/C_and_I/schools.htm

Crownpoint Elementary School –

http://cpe.gmcs.k12.nm.us/home

Crownpoint Middle School –

http://cpm.gmcs.k12.nm.us/home

Crownpoint High School – “Home of the Eagles” -

http://cph.gmcs.k12.nm.us/home

“Here you take it” Crownpoint High School Football Photo by Douglas Tesner -

http://www.pbase.com/image/20821276

Mariano Lake Community School – Scroll to: Eastern Navajo Agency Schools Locator

http://www.monitoring.sdl.usu.edu/enavajo.htm

~ Crownpoint Schools ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Navajo Technical College

Navajo Technical College –

http://205.242.219.103/

~ Navajo Technical College ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Dine’ College

Dine’ College Website -

http://www.dinecollege.edu/

Dine’ College in Crownpoint – Listing –

http://www.dinecollege.edu/about/locations.php

~ Crownpoint Dine College ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Area Interest

Dr. Lori Alvord M.D. – 1^st Navajo Woman Surgeon from Crownpoint also Author

“The Scalpel & the Silver Bear” by Lori Arviso Alvord –

http://www.alibris.co.uk/search/books/isbn/9780553378009

Dr. Lori Alvord M.D. – Biography – Dartmouth Site -

http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/winter03/html/vs_nlm.shtml

Kin Ya'a Ruins Ruins – Text – Photos – Photo4Phood Site -

http://www.100megspopup.com/photo4phood/swarch/kinyaaindex.html

~ Crownpoint Area Interest ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Matthew Martin

Matthew Martin – Code Talker –

http://www.navajo.org/News%20Releases/George%20Hardeen/June09/090624pres_Navajo%20Code%20Talker%20Matthew%20Martin,%2084,%20passes%20away%20Monday.pdf

~ Matthew Martin ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Crownpoint Arts

Jimmy Abeita – Artist - Painting –

http://www.adobegallery.com/bdetail.php?bookid=1035484747

Atsa Butte Singers – Cool Runnings Music –

http://www.coolrunningsmusic.com/atsa.html

Gilbert Begay – Male Weaver –

http://www.dinewoven.com/maleweaversfeaturedatSIL.htm

Ronald Begay – Silversmith – Listing -

http://www.newmexicocreates.org/artist_bio.php?id=95

~ Crownpoint Arts ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Robert Becenti – Artist – Painter –

http://www.faustgallery.com/dynamic/artist_artwork.asp?ArtworkID=1372&Category=Other%20Art

Anderson Benally – Paintings, Illustrations –

http://www.icecaves.com/featuredartists.html

Vincent Craig – Humorist, Singer, Motivational Speaker, Humorist - Cartoonist –

http://www.muttonman.com/index.php

Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction

http://www.crownpointrugauction.com/

Crownpoint Nights Velvet Blouse –

http://www.navajospirit.com/BlouseCPN.html

Sammie Largo - Music Album, “Respect Our Sacred Beliefs”

http://www.coolrunningsmusic.com/largo.html

Native Radio – Native American Music – Albums for Sale -

http://www.nativeradio.com/index2.cfm

Tom Ration - A Navajo Life Story – Parents Eyes Site -

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/southcorner/nav_navlife.html

Weaving in Beauty – Art of Weaving, Textile Tour

http://www.weavinginbeauty.com/

Where to learn Indigenous Weaving Techniques

http://www.weavinginbeauty.com/instruction.html

Emmi Whitehorse from Crownpoint, Painter/Printmaker

http://www.ewhitehorse.com/

~ Crownpoint Arts ~ CROWNPOINT ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

HUERFANO

South of Bloomfield on US 550 about 13 miles, turn West into

Huerfano Chaper - Communities of Huerfano, Carson & Blanco

Links: ~ Hanaadi Dormitory - Construction ~ Huerfano Arts ~

~ HUERFANO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Huerfano Chapter -

http://huerfano.nndes.org/

El Huerfano Mesa - Lapahie Site -

http://www.lapahie.com/Huerfano_Mountain.cfm

Photo – Dzil Na’oodilii (El Huerfano) NM & Moon – Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/Huerfano_Moon.cfm

~ HUERFANO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Hanaadi Dormitory - Construction

Hanaadli Dormitory Community School – Address

http://www.manta.com/c/mm8n4gz/hanaa-dli-community-school-dormitory-inc

Hanaadli Dormitory Community School – Construction -

Holleyman Associates Site -

http://www.holleyman.com/huerfano.html

~ Hanaadi Dormitory - Construction ~ HUERFANO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Huerfano Arts

“Memories come to us in the wind & the rain” – Interview

With Kathlene Tsosie Blackie - Uranium tragedy –

Oral Histories & Photographs – In Motion Magazine Site -

http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/brugge.html

Werito Family Eastern Navajo Photographs – Links – Ft. Lewis Site -

http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/Images/D002/D00207034.htm

~ Huerfano Arts ~ HUERFANO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

IYANBITO

East of Gallup, Take access road North and parallel to US I-40, -

Drive East of Church Rock, turn North onto unpaved road to Iyanbito

Iyanbito Chapter http://iyanbito.nndes.org/

Indian Health Service Area Offices – Gallup Area –

http://www.ihs.gov/facilitiesservices/areaoffices/navajo/naihs-hcc-gallup.asp

Industrial Park - Shush be Toh -

http://www.navajoadvantage.com/pages/shush.htm

Arviso Construction Company – Navajo Family Owned – Ft. Wingate -

http://arviso.com/aboutus.cfm

“Forgotten Warriors” Republic of Korea Awards Medals to Veterans –

John Nez Begay Honored - by Nathan Tohtsoni of The Navajo Times –

http://www.senaahq.bravehost.com/Veterans/DinehKoreanVets/Korea.htm

Audra Arviso – Former Miss Navajo Nation - 1985-1986

http://www.missnavajocouncil.org/history/missnn/1985-1986.htm

Map showing Iyanbito – Map quest Site –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Iyanbito&state=NM

~ IYANBITO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

LAKE VALLEY

Just East of Chaco National Historic Park

On NM 371, 51 Miles South of Farmington, (about half way

between Farmington & Thoreau NM) turn West onto an

unpaved road (IR 7059) to Lake Valley -

Lake Valley Chapter -

http://lakevalley.nndes.org/

Harrison Juan – Folk Art Carvings, Artist, Potter & Sand Painter –

Scroll to Listing –

http://www.indiansummer.com/artists.htm

~ LAKE VALLEY ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

LITTLEWATER

12 Miles Southeast of Crownpoint NM

Littlewater Chapter -

http://littlewater.nndes.org/

PFC Felix Dohaltahe Begaye - Hero from Littlewater –

Vietnam Memorial Wall -

http://tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?3229

Eric Benally – Painter –

http://indigenous-art.com/ericbenally.html

Tim Washburn – Sculptor –

http://www.wrightsgallery.com/artist.php?artistid=346

~ LITTLEWATER ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

MANUELITO

West of Gallup on US I-40 about 17 miles, Turn North at

Port of Entry onto East/West Access Road to Manuelito

Manuelito Chapter -

http://manuelito.nndes.org/

Old Photo – Interior of a Navajo Trading Post at Manuelito NM –

http://www.stereoscopy.com/tru-vue/tvs05.html

Manuelito NM – Article by Joline Gutierrez Kruger – Albuquerque Tribune – Canku Ota Site –

http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues03/Co05312003/CO_05312003_Beauty_Way.htm

Manuleto Complex Ruins – National Historic Landmarks –

http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=680&ResourceType=Site

Ira Custer – Silversmith – Bio –

http://www.twinrocks.com/index.php?mod=artistdesc&id_man=174

Aggy Goodluck – Silversmith -

http://www.alltribes.com/files/images/artists/aggy.html

Larry Yazzie – Silversmith – See Photo –

http://www.sacredeagleimports.co.uk/Introductions.htm

~ MANUELITO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

NAGEEZI

About 37 miles South of Bloomfield on US 550

Links: ~ Aaron Trujillo, Veteran ~ Nageezi Interest ~

Nageezi Chapter -

http://nageezi.nndes.org/

Nageezi – Demographics – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nageezi,_New_Mexico

Fajada Butte, near Nageezi – Scroll to Photo – Astronomy Site -

http://www.astronomy.org/StarWatch/June/index-6-02.html

Bible Baptist Shepherd School – Listing –

http://www.schoolsk-12.com/New-Mexico/Nageezi/BibleBaptistShepherd.html

Chaco Inn at the Post – Listing –

http://www.innsite.com/inns/A004287.html

AH SHI SLE PAH Badlands – Article by Michael Richie – Photos –

http://www.phototreknm.com/AhSheSle/FullText.htm

~ NAGEEZI ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Aaron Trujillo Veteran

“Aaron Trujillo” of Nageezi – Korean Service Medal, Bronze Medal, Purple

Heart, Infantry Combat Badge, Service Medal & Campaign Medal -

“Forgotten Warriors” Republic of Korea Awards Medals to Veterans –

Scroll to information about Aaron Trujillo - by Nathan Tohtsoni of

The Navajo Times –

http://www.senaahq.bravehost.com/Veterans/DinehKoreanVets/Korea.htm

~ Aaron Trujillo, Veteran ~ NAGEEZI ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Nageezi Interest

Leland Holiday - Paintings – Ceremonial Faces – Attic Gallery Site -

http://www.homestead.com/atticgallery/lelandholiday.html

Lawrence Jacquez – Sandpainting – Sculpture -

http://www.camerontradingpost.com/artist_database/LawrenceJacquez.html

Charlene Johnson – Weaver –

http://www.chimayotrading.com/Weavings/4-21-2006/Charlene%20Johnson%201.htm

Lillie Sales – Weaver – Scroll to Rug -

http://www.trader-rose.com/Corrales_CATALOG/Rugs.html

Helen White – Weaver – Scroll to Rug –

http://www.trader-rose.com/Corrales_CATALOG/Rugs.htm

Robin Wellito - Carver –

http://detour.webdatabases.net/artist_detail.html?ArtistID=11987&ArtID=11987

~ Nageezi Interest ~ NAGEEZI ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

NAHODISHGISH

12 miles West of Crownpoint NM

NM 371, about 2 miles North of Crownpoint, turn West onto IR 9,

drive about 12 miles, turn South on unpaved road to Nahodishgish

Nahodishgish Chapter -

http://nahodishgish.nndes.org/

Laureen Etcitty – Miss Eastern Navajo Queen (2006-2007) – Photo -

http://www.gallupindependent.com/2006/july/072406.html

Map showing Nahodishgish –

http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/g.cgi?fid=2419028&state=NM&ftype=civil

~ NAHODISHGISH ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

OJO ENCINO

(West of Cuba NM -1957 Certified)

At Cuba NM on US 550, turn West on NM 197, drive about

16 miles to Junction with access road going Northwest, drive

to Ojo Encino about 13 miles

Ojo Encino Chapter http://ojoencino.nndes.org/

Ojo Encino Navajo Reservation – Visiting with friends - You Tube Video –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4izJtI3rV9A

Map showing Ojo Encino –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ojo+Encino&state=NM

Ojo Encino Day School is a go (2008) – article by Karen Francis – Gallup Independent

http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/February/021408kf_ojo.html

Ojo Encino Day School –

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ifican/participating_schools/ojo_encino.htm

Ojo Encino Health Clinic –

http://www.freemedicalcamps.com/vcampinfo.php?campid=1272

Torreon Wash clean up – Text and Photo – Sierra Club Site -

http://nmsierraclub.org/sierra-club-leads-torreon-wash-clean-up

Betty Rock Johnson – Basket Weaver – You Tube Video –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0nBf_lDd-g

Lena R. Toledo – Weaver –

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/contemporary-transitional-handspun-by-lena-r

~ OJO ENCINO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

PINEDALE

North from Thoreau on NM 371 to Smith Lake, Turn West onto IR 49, about

20 miles West to Pinedale - Or at Church Rock Take IR 49 Northeast to Pinedale

Pinedale Chapter http://pinedale.nndes.org/

Map showing Pinedale NM –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Pinedale&state=NM

Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan – Article – Navajo Nation Council Site -

http://www.navajonationcouncil.org/bio_speaker.htm

Jeff King - Navajo Scout – Buried at Arlington Cemetary -

http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/0109/012209scout.php

Sam Gray – Overlay Story Teller & Stone Inlay Jewelry –

http://whitebuffalo1.com/proddetail.asp?prod=JB159

Gerald Nailor, Artist – Original Silk – Silk Screen in Color -

http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/nailor_gerald_birdstudy.htm

“Contaminant Loading of the Puerco River” A Historical Overview” by

Chris Shuey, SW Research & Information Center –

http://www.sric.org/uranium/PUERCO92.html

~ PINEDALE ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

PUEBLO PINTADO

17 Miles Southeast of Chaco Canyon NM

From Counselor NM (about 57 miles South of Bloomfield NM, on US 550)

turn South on IR 46, drive SW about 24 miles to Pueblo Pintado

~ PUEBLO PINTADO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Pueblo Pintado

http://www.pueblopintado.nndes.org/

Pueblo Pintado – Demographics – Links -Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_Pintado,_New_Mexico

Yse’ Yi Gai High School -

http://tgh.gmcs.k12.nm.us/

Pueblo Pintado Community School – Photos -

http://dboland.com/pintadoschool.html

Pueblo Pintado Ruins – MAP – Photos - Links

http://www.100megspopup.com/photo4phood/swarch/pintadoindex.html

Old Pueblo Pintato – How it might have been – Drawings – Text – NPS Site -

http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/upload/PUEBLO%20PINTADO-%C2%A0%202005.pdf

The Primary Architecture of the Chacoan Culture: A Cosmological Expression –

Article by Anna Sofaer – Solstice Project Site -

http://www.solsticeproject.org/primarch.htm

~ PUEBLO PINTADO ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

RED ROCK

About 4 Miles South of Gallup on NM 602

Red Rock Chapter -

http://redrock.nndes.org/

LCPL Jose Francisco Jimenez – Name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall

http://tanaya.net/cgi-bin/vmw.cgi?25900

~ RED ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

ROCK SPRINGS

(Slightly North of Gallup NM)

Take the Highway North out of Gallup 7.3 miles to Ya-Ta-Hey,

turn West on NM 264, drive about 3 miles, turn South on an

unpaved road to Rock Springs Chapter House

Rock Springs Chapter - http://rocksprings.nndes.org/

~ ROCK SPRINGS ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

SMITH LAKE

About 12 miles North of Thoreau on NM 371

Smith Lake Chapter -

http://smithlake.nndes.org/

Smith Lake MAP – Map quest Site -

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Smith+Lake&state=NM

Sandra Parkett & Ernest Clark – Navajo Jewelry Makers –

http://2dogssouthwestgallery.com/productprofile.asp?ID=6380

Tom Ration - A Navajo Life Story –

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/southcorner/nav_navlife.html

~ SMITH LAKE ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

STANDING ROCK

About 2 miles North of Crownpoint, NM 371, turn West

on IR 9, drive about 14 miles to Standing Rock

Standing Rock Chapter -

http://standingrock.nndes.org/

Standing Rock MAP – Map quest Site –

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Standing+Rock&state=NM

Gary Harrison – Photo – Calf Roping Navaho Nation Fair – By Douglas Tenser -

http://www.sportsshooter.com/leadmine/portfoilo/pages/15.html

Judy Willeto – Photo - Taste Test at Navaho Nation Fair – By Douglas Tesner -

http://www.sportsshooter.com/leadmine/portfoilo/pages/14.html

Sharleen Jordan – Artist - Navajo Sash Belts –

http://www.nmia.com/~rrs/TRIBAL/NAVAJO/SASH/sash.html

Natural Dyes Navajo Style – Text – Links – Weaving in Beauty Site -

http://weavinginbeauty.com/workshops/natural-dyes-navajo-style

~ STANDING ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

THOREAU

On US I-40, 33 miles East of Gallup

Links: ~ Thoreau Public Schools ~ Thoreau Non-Public Schools ~

From Thoreau ~ Thoreau Art ~ Thoreau Lodging ~

~THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Thoreau Community

Thoreau Chapter -

http://thoreau.nndes.org/

Thoreau NM – Text – Links – Wikipedi Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoreau,_New_Mexico

Thoreau Railroad Station – Historical Photo -

http://www.route66ca.org/railroad-stations/ref64.html

Roy T. Herman’s Garage & Service Station –

http://aeve.com/route-66/n13.html

The Gathering Place – “Groups that change communities” -Article by

Robin Garr - Grass Roots Site –

http://www.grass-roots.org/usa/gather.shtml

~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Thoreau Public Schools

Gallup & Mckinley County Schools –

http://www.gmcs.k12.nm.us/Schools/index.html

Thoreau Elementary School – “Home of the Hawks” –

http://the.gmcs.k12.nm.us/home

Thoreau Middle School – “Home of the Hawks” -

http://thm.gmcs.k12.nm.us/

Thoreau High School – “Home of the Hawks” –

http://thh.gmcs.k12.nm.us/home

~ Thoreau Public Schools ~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Thoreau Non-Public Schools

Dlo’ ay azhi Community School – Listing -

http://www.monitoring.sdl.usu.edu/enavajo.htm

St Bonaventure School – Indian Mission & School -

http://www.stbonaventuremission.org/

~ Thoreau Non-Public Schools ~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

From Thoreau

Mary L. McNeill Romelfanger – From Thoreau – Systems Manager for

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope -

http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/personnel/mlr.html

~ From Thoreau ~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Thoreau Art

Clara Begay, Artist – Navajo Soft Sculptured Cloth Doll Artist –

http://www.nmmagazine.com/links_directory/listing_output_PDF.php?id=1405

Carol Chavez – Navajo Beader -

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/5-strand-indian-handmade-turquoise-beaded

Rhianna Deschiney – Photo - Winner of Quilt -

http://www.casaesperanzanm.org/pastevents.html

~ Thoreau Art ~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

Thoreau Lodging

Zuni Mountain Lodge – B&B -

http://www.zuniml.com/

~ Thoreau Lodging ~ THOREAU ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

TORREON/STAR LAKE

(Southwest of Cuba NM)

Junction of US 550, and NM 197 at Cuba NM, Go West on

NM 197 - about 25 Miles to Torreon and Star Lake Areas

Torreon/Star Lake Chapter -

http://torreon.nndes.org/

Eastern Navajo Arts & Crafts Festival – Slide Show from Torreon/Star Lake

http://www.examiner.com/ExaminerSlideshow.html?entryid=292370&slide=1

McDavis Otero, Artist, Silversmith – Scroll to Listing –

http://santafejewelry.com/artists.html

~ TORREON/STAR LAKE ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

TSAYATOH

Tsayatoh Chapter is in Mentmore just west of Gallup. Turn north

off I-40 to Frontage Road to Mentmore Road (Co Road 1)

Tsayatoh Chapter

http://tsayatoh.nndes.org/

Robert Long – Rancher reaches higher with family literacy -

http://www.famlit.org/media/success-stories/robert-long

Mentmore NM - Ghost Towns Site -

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/mentmore.html

~ TSAYATOH ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

WHITE HORSE LAKE

(North & West of Crownpoint NM)

4.5 miles North of Crownpoint NM 371, turn East onto NM 57,

Drive 34 miles to White Horse Lake

White Horse Lake Chapter -

http://whitehorselake.nndes.org/

Dr. Lorr Arviso-Alvord - the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_7.html

~ WHITE HORSE LAKE ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

WHITE ROCK

(35 miles North of Crownpoint NM)

51 miles South Farmington on NM 371 near Chaco National Park

& Juans Lake, turn off, turn West on unpaved road about -

6 miles to White Rock Area

White Rock Chapter

http://whiterock.nndes.org/

~ WHITE ROCK ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~