Download or read book Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Utah Arizona written by Navajo Tribal Parks Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monument Valley Navajo Nation Tribal Park written by Richard Holtzin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Monument Valley's Navajo Tribal Park is the Southwest's iconic altar of sandstone monoliths. Located 22 miles north of Kayenta, Arizona, the valley spreads out and shares its expansive boundary with southeast Utah. This is the heart of Navajo country. It's also where many classic Western movies were filmed. There are fifteen Sandstone Sketches in this nonfiction composition written for adults, each focusing on a facet of Monument Valley's ancient erosional landscape: the geology and how the sculpted monuments, like gigantic figurines, were fashioned over millions of years; an abstract of the Navajo who settled here centuries ago; a tour of the interior's prominent vistas; a road tour of scenic highlights in this vicinity of the Four Corners region; two backcountry backpacking sojourns's (the author's); evocative poetry describing Monument Valley's changing appearance and atmosphere over a twenty-four-hour period; and, of course, celebrated movies filmed here. Overall, the portrayals suffice as an informative tourist's field guide that can be read from cover to cover or select sketches that appeal to one's interest. As a retired educator and instructor for the likes of the Grand Canyon Field Institute, most of what I did for a living for some forty years entailed teaching various geosciences, natural and human history, environmental sciences, zoology, mathematics, and assorted published writings. (246 pages, 8.5 x 11 format) For more background, visit the Amazon site and click on the synopsis or visit my website: www.richholtzin.com

Download or read book Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley written by Thomas J. Harvey and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colorado River Plateau is home to two of the best-known landscapes in the world: Rainbow Bridge in southern Utah and Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border. Twentieth-century popular culture made these places icons of the American West, and advertising continues to exploit their significance today. In Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley, Thomas J. Harvey artfully tells how Navajos and Anglo-Americans created fabrics of meaning out of this stunning desert landscape, space that western novelist Zane Grey called “the storehouse of unlived years,” where a rugged, more authentic life beckoned. Harvey explores the different ways in which the two societies imbued the landscape with deep cultural significance. Navajos long ago incorporated Rainbow Bridge into the complex origin story that embodies their religion and worldview. In the early 1900s, archaeologists crossed paths with Grey in the Rainbow Bridge area. Grey, credited with making the modern western novel popular, sought freedom from the contemporary world and reimagined the landscape for his own purposes. In the process, Harvey shows, Grey erased most of the Navajo inhabitants. This view of the landscape culminated in filmmaker John Ford’s use of Monument Valley as the setting for his epic mid-twentieth-century Westerns. Harvey extends the story into the late twentieth century when environmentalists sought to set aside Rainbow Bridge as a symbolic remnant of nature untainted by modernization. Tourists continue to flock to Monument Valley and Rainbow Bridge, as they have for a century, but the landscapes are most familiar today because of their appearances in advertising. Monument Valley has been used to sell perfume, beer, and sport utility vehicles. Encompassing the history of the Navajo, archaeology, literature, film, environmentalism, and tourism, Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley explores how these rock formations, Navajo sacred spaces still, have become embedded in the modern identity of the American West—and of the nation itself.

Download or read book Monument Valley and the Navajo Country Arizona Utah With Illustrations written by Joseph MILLER (Photographer.) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book America Wide written by Ken Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Traveler s Guide to Monument Valley written by Stewart W. Aitchison and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has a list of guided tours, information on lodging and campgrounds, a map highlighting scenic stops, complete with fascinating natural and human history of the area.

Download or read book Monument Valley Tribal Park the Navajo Nation Arizona Utah Motoring Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monument Valley Arizona A Traveler s Journal written by Applewood Books and published by Commonwealth Editions. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Travel Journal Featuring a Photograph by Carol Highsmith of Monument Valley in Arizona

Download or read book Monument Valley and the Navajo Country written by Joseph Miller and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents photographs documenting the lives of Navajo families living in Monument Valley, with a brief introduction surveying the area and its people.

Download or read book Monument Valley written by H. L. James and published by . This book was released on 1973-09-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kayenta and Monument Valley written by Carolyn O'Bagy Davis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1910, Indian traders John and Louisa Wetherill opened their trading post--with a tent for supplies (and sleeping) and a store counter of boards laid across two barrels. From that modest beginning, Kayenta became the center of Navajo gatherings and exploring expeditions to Rainbow Bridge, Monument Valley, and the grand cliff dwellings in Tsegi Canyon. Soon came a parade of visitors, including authors, painters, and archaeologists, as well as cowboys, miners, traders, and tourists. The Kayenta Township today is home to descendants of the early inhabitants and the hub for thousands of annual visitors from around the world who come to see the magnificent region known as Monument Valley.

Download or read book Monument Valley and the Navajo country written by J. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monument Valley Tribal Park Motoring Guide the Navajo Nation Arizona Utah written by and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reconnaissance Trip to Monument Valley in Utah and Arizona written by E. V. Reinhardt and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Itchy Travel Feet Breathtaking Adventure Vacation Ideas written by Donna Hull and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At My Itchy Travel Feet, The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Travel, writer Donna Hull and photographer Alan Hull travel the world recording their boomer travel experiences with words, photos, and videos so that you’ll know exactly what to expect. Their goal? To get boomers off the couch and out into the world. In this Blog to Book, they’ve chosen some of their favorite journeys to share with you. Take a road trip in Northern Italy, drive the California Big Sur coast, or explore Arches, Canyonlands, Glacier, and Grand Tetons National Parks. You’ll find a chapter on small ship luxury cruising and a travel tips section with advice on road trips, cruising, travel photography, and multi-generational travel. So, pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and start reading about active travel for boomers. It’s guaranteed to make your travel feet itchy!

Download or read book Navajo Women of Monument Valley written by Robert S. McPherson and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "McPherson, through this oral history of Navajo Women living in Monument Valley, provides a unique story of cultural understanding specific to the area. From personal experience and a shared heritage, these women explain their early struggles in life, religious beliefs and sacred teachings, daily activities of a traditional family, and later, battling against cultural loss. Today's rapidly changing world challenges these elders while enticing the young to forget what it means to be Diné. Here, these women share what they want the youth to know. I highly recommend this book to those who wish to learn about the past, understand the present, and consider the future." --Ronald P. Maldonado, Navajo Nation Cultural Resource Supervisor "The teachings and stories presented here are fascinating and important. When reading them, I heard my granmother's and aunt's voices, connecting me to the past while strengthening my understanding of Navajo culture. It is the women who are the heard and soul of preserving this information as they guide youth into the future. Here that wisdom becomes real. Those interested in a balanced presentation of the difficult, yet rewarding live of Navajo elders will be highly rewarded by learning from this book" --Charlotte Nez Lacy, Heritage Language Educator/Translator