Grand Canyon National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary on February 26, but the history of the land dates back millions of years. Long before the canyon was considered a national treasure, it ...

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Going on a Navajo-led tour of this national monument in northeastern Arizona takes you to ancient ruins and sacred places that most tourists never see. By Derek M. Norman Reporting from the Navajo ...

Every spring and summer, after the winter thaw allows, about a dozen Navajo families still return to their old homesteads at the bottom of Arizona's Canyon de Chelly. The canyon has cradled human ...

Starting out on a six-day series of wilderness hikes in the Grand Canyon on unmaintained trails where even a minor misstep can cost you your life is probably not the best time to discover you’re ...

Bring water. Stop to sniff the creosote bushes. Keep an eye out for oases. This is good advice on many desert trails, and it’s doubly true on the outskirts of Palm Springs, where the Agua Caliente ...

Somewhere in the Cuyamacas there’s a box canyon wide enough to include 50 armed men on horseback and tall enough to conceal at least 200 Kumeyaay warriors lying in wait around the rim. But try as we ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... THE NAVAJO NATION — There is an often-used, traditional Navajo prayer that begins, “In beauty, I walk.” And on this early-September morning, I found myself ...