Monument Valley: Navajo Nation Natural Wonder (Companion

Monument Valley: Navajo Nation Natural Wonder (Companion Press)

Welcome to Monument Valley Tribal Parkâ€•a world of weather-carved rock and wind-driven sand, of massive buttes painted with dark desert varnish, of hardy plants clinging to the earth. At dawn and sunset, an ever-changing sky silhouettes the dark-looming monuments against washes of color from delicate to vibrant. Monument Valleyâ€™s Navajo residents live in harmony with this challenging, beautiful landscape. Dynamic forces of earth, wind, and water built and sculpted the dramatic forms of this land. The visible rock of Monument Valleyâ€•carved today into buttes, monoliths, and mesasâ€•represents millions of years of contrasting land layers as ancient sands compressed over geologic time into rock. Then the vast Colorado Plateau uplifted, erosion cutting its softer surfaces back down, leaving pockets and markers of hard rock still standing. Grain by grain, wind and rain still carve the rock forms of Monument Valley. Ancestral Puebloans settled into the recessed rock alcoves dotting this region more than a thousand years ago. Only fragments of their livesâ€•masonry dwellings, hand-formed pottery, rock artâ€•remain. Many generations later, the DinÃ©â€•the Peopleâ€•established a homeland in the red rock country and a community based on harmonious life between Mother Earth and Father Sky. Harry Goulding came to Monument Valley with his young wife, Mike, in 1924 to establish a trading post at the foot of Big Rock Door Mesa. They raised sheep, traded handwoven Navajo rugs for food and household items, and hosted an ever-growing number of curious visitors. During the difficult Depression years of the 1930s, the Gouldings attracted early moviemakers to Monument Valley. John Fordâ€™s films created an entire generation of moviegoersâ€™ views of the American Westâ€•and travelers from around the world have visited Monument Valley ever since. The Navajo Tribal Council established Monument Valley Tribal Park in 1958. Now this place of traditional lifestyle and spectacular scenery is preserved for its beauty as well as its ancestral and contemporary importance to the Navajo. Those who travel here find not only the rich history of this desert place, but a sense of Monument Valleyâ€™s special harmony as well. Let the rhythm of this land thrum through your soul; let the voice of its spirit call you home.
Country USA
Brand Graphic Arts Books
Manufacturer Graphic Arts Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780944197011
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Graphic Arts Books
Manufacturer	Graphic Arts Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780944197011
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Monument Valley: Navajo Nation Natural Wonder (Companion Press)

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