Here’s the secret of Navajo National Monument. If the hike to the Betatakin cliff dwellings ended at a big blank wall, it would still be worth going. The canyon is beautiful and peaceful with ...

The hike to Keet Seel is a ranger-led, two-day, 17-mile round-trip backpack trek that involves a 1,000-foot climb down a cliff face and multiple stream crossings along the canyon floor. All ...

Visitors can take guided tours led by Navajo guides, who share their deep knowledge of the land and its cultural significance.The valley is also home to various cultural sites, including ancient ...

Cliff dwellings. During the 12 th century there were periods of drought and violence that drove some people to leave Mesa Verde, wrote Donna Glowacki, ... (University of Arizona Press, 2015).

TOWOAC, Colo. – Two fast-spreading wildfires threatened ancient cliff dwellings in southwestern Colorado and forced the shutdown Tuesday of some guided tours on tribal land. One fire on the Ute ...

SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. -- A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes Saturday, raising fears ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. - High humidity and a little rain Tuesday helped firefighters partially contain a 5,000-acre wildfire burning on the nation's largest archaeological preserve and ...