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Narbona Pass

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Crystal rugs were bordered, with a central design woven in natural colors, sometimes with some red. After this, the style changed to banded rugs with distinctive "wavy" lines made by alternating weft strands in two or three different colors. A typical new-style Crystal rug will alternate groups of two or three wavy or solid lines with broader bands decorated with patterns representing squash blossoms or geometrical motifs. The newer rugs are woven in muted colors such as rust, rich brown and grey, but may include pastel colors. In 1944 Don Jensen bought the post, holding it until 1981. Apparently Jenson developed the current Crystal rug.
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would cut the long file of men into small pieces, like cutting a long tree trunk into firewood. When the owl hoot signal was given, the Navajos poured arrows into the column, those who had guns fired, and some threw stones or rolled rocks into the gorge. Taken completely by surprise, both men and horses panicked and were routed. Many of the Mexicans were killed, including their leader. It is said that the bones of some of those killed in the battle may still be found in the pass, as can some of the wooden ladders that the Navajos used to climb up the Standing Rocks where they hid before the ambush.
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Nevertheless, he introduced production-line techniques, and had no problem with using machine-produced yarns with synthetic dyes. Traders in Navajo rugs had to keep costs down to be able to offer competitive prices, therefore wages were low. Talking of the weaver's life, Moore said, "there is no more dismal wage proposition than her remuneration for her part in the industry. Given any other paying outlet for her labor, there would very soon be no such thing as a blanket industry ... it is her one and only way of earning money."
31: 548:. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long with a vertical gain of 200 feet (61 m). The road up to and through the pass is also used for biking. With an out-and-back length of 36 miles (58 km), starting at 5,900 feet (1,800 m) and rising to 8,700 feet (2,700 m) at the top of the pass, the rider must be in good physical shape. Part of the reward is the spectacular panoramic views. There is an unserviced campground in the pass. A fee is payable, and campfires are allowed. 525:
over this distance in the United States, is held every year on the 4th of July weekend. In 2000, almost all of the 400 or more competitors in the very demanding race were local, supported by their family and friends with a relaxed outdoor barbecue environment around the finish line. Running is part of the Navajo culture, although perhaps because that culture also de-emphasizes competition there are relatively few Navajo runners at the elite levels of the sport.
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Washington Pass was Romulo Martinez, a Spanish-American from Fort Defiance, in 1873. On 31 March 1877 Perry H. Williams was licensed to trade at Washington Pass. Ben Hyatt traded there from 1882 to 1884, and Stephen Aldrich and Elias Clark traded for one season in 1884. The names of other traders are recorded for the following years, but they seem all to have been temporary, trading from tents in the summer season.
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talks, one of the Navajos was accused of stealing a horse from a Mexican who was accompanying the troops. When the Navajos made to leave, Washington's troops shot six of them as they fled, including Narbona. The 82-year-old Narbona, with his long white hair, was scalped by a U.S. militiaman. The expedition moved on through the pass, which they named "Washington Pass" in honor of their leader.
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among them. Flowers of rich profusion and of every hue and delicacy, were also constantly before the eye–upwards of ninety varieties having been picked up since we entered the gorge yesterday. Indeed, we are all in hopes that, yesterday and today, we have been having an earnest of what we may yet behold in this part of the world–a rich, well-timbered and sufficiently well-watered country."
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of stone tools than in those of the other great houses. In Chaco Canyon between 1020 AD and 1120 AD, the chert accounted for more than 20% of the material used for making stone tools, apparently imported in its raw form rather than as manufactured tools. Narbona Pass chert is also present in
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The 33rd Annual Narbona Pass Classic, formerly the Washington Pass Classic, was held on 1 July 2012. There were three events: a non-competitive 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) fitness walk, a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) run and a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) run. The 10 km race, among the top 100 races
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The Navajo gradually became more prosperous and more autonomous, although there were periodic problems such as crises of overgrazing. In the 1950s development of coal, oil and uranium brought money into the Navajo community along with social problems and pollution. Most Navajos forgot about the past
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Apart from the buildings in the Chaco Canyon, there were great houses distributed across the lands of the Chaco people, some dating from the Chaco era (900–1150 AD) and others of more recent date. Exotic materials like Narbona Pass Chert are found much more often in the Chaco Canyon assemblages
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nomadic hunter-gatherers, arrived in the southwest around 1400 AD and settled in the mountains between the valleys occupied by the Pueblos. The Navajo became farmers, and then herders. Through raids, trade and intermarriage, the Navajo acquired many aspects of the Pueblo culture. However, they
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On 3 September 1849 the diarist of the Washington expedition said of the western entrance to the park, "I noticed towering pines and firs, also the oak, the aspen, and the willow; and bordering the stream there was a great variety of shrubbery, the hop vine, loaded with its fruit, being intertwined
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in the east of New Mexico in 1866, where they were expected to take up farming. Many died on the march or later from smallpox. The survivors were allowed to return in 1868, and were assigned reservation lands that covered 11,500,000 acres (4,700,000 ha) by 1886. The first known trader in the
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led a strong force of soldiers and volunteers west into Navajo country. They were met by Navajo envoys who said they were willing to discuss peace, and then encountered the main Navajo forces. The Navajos, led by Narbona and José Largo, brought gifts that included many sheep and horses. After the
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had heard of Hinojos's advance, knew he had to come through the pass to reach the Canyon de Chelly, and had carefully prepared an ambush by about 250 warriors. Narbona held back his forces, who were hidden on both sides of the defile. He told them that when the time was right, and not before, they
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Moore was succeeded by A. J. Molohon, who continued to introduce complex non-Navajo styles that probably drew on Oriental rug designs. The Crystal Trading Post was owned by the C.C. Manning company from 1919 to 1922. Later Charlie Newcomb and then Jim Collyer owned the post. Until the 1930s the
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However, even in July, the temperature is cool, only reaching 70 °F (21 °C) at noon. Only two months of the year are free of frost. In the winter, up to 50 inches (1,300 mm) of snow may accumulate in drifts on north-facing slopes in the pass. Writing in 1884 about a proposed sheep
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ranch, Thomas Keam said, "The mountain plain was very pleasant in summer, but entirely impracticable in winter, as it is one of the coldest places on the reservation. was told that it was one of the coldest places on the reservation ... in winter ... it is often covered with two feet of snow."
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Moore's business flourished, and in 1903 and in 1911 he published mail-order catalogs, drawing business from across the United States. Moore understood what the market in the eastern United States would value, and in his catalog stressed the use of natural materials and primitive technology.
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learned the true history, became indignant about having an enemy of the Navajos commemorated in the name of an important location on the Navajo Nation, and started a campaign to change the name to "Narbona Pass". They gained widespread support. On 10 December 1992 the
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voted unanimously in favor of the change, perhaps the first time that Native Americans initiated a place name commemorating a Native American. Narbona Pass is also one of the few Native American sites to be named after the victim in a dispute.
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Trading Post. During the winter months, he employed Navajo weavers to make rugs. Moore ensured that the wool and the weaving was good quality, and created designs of his own, quickly gaining a reputation as a source of good quality rugs.
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who had no problem with the climate. He bought the trading site, then cut timber in the mountains and hauled it down to build a log trading post, which he stocked with supplies carted from the rail head in
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peaking around 1700 million years ago and 1425 million years ago. The sandstone to the west was later eroded, with 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) being lost in the basin, but remnants remain on the mountains.
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with a time of 39:43. That year three of the competitors in the 5 km race were women in their seventies. In 2012 Kipruto won again with a time of 34:36 followed by Jackson Thomas with a time of 39:40.
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in 1859. He was a New Mexico military governor who led an expedition into Navajo country in 1849 in which he was accused of walling up a Navajo Spring, and whose troops later shot Navajo leader
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A number of Moore's designs incorporated the "whirling log" symbol, or swastika, a common Aryan symbol he had copied from oriental rugs. In the 1940s, it became unpopular with purchasers.
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and headed west into Navajo country with a force of almost 1,000 Mexican troops on a slaving expedition. On 28 February 1835, Hinojo's force entered the pass. The Navajo headman
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lava flows. Three basalt magma flows occurred between 27.5 and 24.3 million years ago. The crater is around 2 miles (3.2 km) across, with walls 700 feet (210 m) high.
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or tuff breccia, overlaid by layers of different deposits that indicate a series of explosive phases. These created a complex mix of sheets of volcanic ash overlaid by thick
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volcanoes may have had similar explosive vent structures. The basal deposits in the crater are 5 metres (16 ft) to 20 metres (66 ft) thick, composed of massive
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technique in Narbona Pass before being exported to Crow Canyon. The Pueblo flintknapper would have used a long, pointed "soft-hammer" such as a deer antler.
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era, about 34 million to 23 million years ago. The erg is thought to have covered about 125,000 square kilometres (48,000 sq mi) in the southeast
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of the long-extinct Narbona Pass volcano, which formed from violent explosive activity. Before being eroded to their present condition, many of the Chuska-
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is finely textured and has regular breakage patterns that make it an excellent material for making stone tools and weapon heads by
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During the early nineteenth century there were frequent Navajo raids into Mexican territory and attacks on traders using the
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into Canyon de Chelly. The Narbona expedition killed more than 115 Navajo and took 33 women and children as slaves.
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is exposed along the crest of the Chuska Mountains in the west of the Narbona Pass. It is the remains of the Chuska
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found a projectile point made of pink stone in Bluebird House, a small pueblo in the Goodman Point group of the
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The Narbona Pass Classic race is challenging, through difficult forest terrain. Nicholas Kipruto, a former
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remained warlike and in effect defined the northern limit to Spanish expansion. The stronghold of the
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Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries
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In 1849, shortly after the United States had taken control of New Mexico from the Mexicans, Colonel
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A Navajo wool rug in the Early Crystal style, including swastikas in the design, date 1900-1920 AD
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from a distance. The Narbona Pass provides the only route through this elongated chain.
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
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to celebrate his victory over a hostile Mexican invasion of traditional Navajo land.
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There is a relatively easy cross-country ski trail in the crater from the road to
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H.L. James's rugs and posts: the story of Navajo weaving and Indian trading
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as So Sila (Twin Stars), the pass was lately named in English for Colonel
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Dickinson, William R.; Cather, Steven M.; Gehrels, George E. (2010).
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by Richard H. Kern made on 31 August 1849, hours before he was killed
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Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions from the Fourth World
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In 1992 the pass gained its current name, which honors Narbona.
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Swept Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving
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Index


Elevation
NM 134
San Juan County, New Mexico
Coordinates
36°05′24″N 108°51′36″W / 36.090°N 108.860°W / 36.090; -108.860
Narbona Pass is located in New Mexico
Chuska Mountains
Colorado Plateau
Navajo Nation
Sheep Springs
Crystal
Navajo Language
John M. Washington
Narbona
Navajo
Narbona
caldera
Shiprock
lapilli
tuff
trachytic
Chuska Sandstone
erg
Oligocene
Colorado Plateau
Precambrian
uranium-lead dates

Chuska Mountains

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