Canyon de Chelly National Monument is considered one of the oldest monuments in Arizona, as it was established in 1931, as a part of the National Park Service. The monument, located in northeastern Arizona, lies within the Navajo Nation and in the Four Corners area. The memorial is designed to reflect one of the longest unceasingly populated landscapes of North America. Moreover, Canyon de Chelly is one of the most frequently visited national monuments in the United States.
Visitors of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument will be amazed to see the skeletons of the native people who lived in the area. The memorial covers a vast area of 83,840 acres and includes the floors and rims of the three main canyons, such as Del Muerto, De Chelly, and Monument. All three canyons were intersected by watercourses with headwaters in the Chuska Mountains, which are situated on the eastern part of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
However, no land in the Canyon de Chelly National Monument is federally owned. It is wholly owned by the Navajo Nation’s Navajo Tribal Trust. It is the only National Park Service division owned and cooperatively managed in this manner.
