Canyon de Chelly Administrative History

1. SWMR, July 1950.

2. Ibid.

3. De Harport, "An Archeological Survey of Canon de Chelly: Preliminary Report of the Field Seasons of 1948, 1949, and 1950," p. 35; De Harport, personal communication, n.d., but ca. November 1974.

4. De Harport, "An Archeological Survey of Canon de Chelly: Preliminary Report of the Field Seasons of 1948, 1949, and 1950," pp. 35-36; SWMR, September 1950.

5. SWMR, August 1950.

6. Steen, Excavations at Tse Ta'a, p. 8.

7. SWMR, September 1950.

8. Ibid.; Steen, Excavations at Tse Ta'a, p. 2.

9. Steen, Excavations at Tse Ta'a, pp. 2-4.

10. SWMR, September 1950.

11. Ibid., October 1950.

12. Asst. Reg. Dir. to Supt., Sept. 18, 1950, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L3415.

13. SWMR, October 1950.

14. Ibid., December 1950.

15. Ibid., November 1950.

16. Ibid., December 1950.

17. Davis to Supt., July 7, 1950, C de C, C3823.

18. Bright to Gen. Supt., July 13, 1950, ibid.

19. R. G. Fister, Actg. Asst. Supt. of Resources, to Reg. Dir., Aug. 9, 1950, ibid.

20. Tillotson to Area Dir., Oct. 27, 1950, ibid.

21. Navajo Tribal Council, Minutes of the Navajo Tribal Council Meeting (Feb. 8-12, 1954), Feb. 11-12, 1954, pp. 115-18, 143-45.

22. SWMR, July 1950.

23. Ibid.

24. Ibid., January 1951.

25. Ibid., February 1951.

26. Ibid., March 1951.

27. Ibid., March, May, November 1951.

28. Ibid., January, February 1951.

29. David De Harport, "An Archaeological Survey of Canyon de Chelly: Preliminary Report for the 1951 Field Season," El Palacio 60, no. 1 (1953): 20-25.

30. SWMR, March 1951.

31. Ibid., August 1951.

32. Ibid.

33. Ibid., June, August 1951.

34. Minutes of the Navajo Tribal Council Meeting, Feb. 11-12, 1954, pp. 115-18, 143-45; Tillotson to Area Dir., Oct. 27, 1950, C de C, C3823.

35. Navajo Tribal Council Resolutions, 1922-1951, p. 41.

36. Everett W. Bright, "Boundary Status Report for Canyon de Chelly National Monument," Nov. 8, 1951, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L1417.

37. "Comments on Boundary Status Report for Canyon de Chelly National Monument," Nov. 27, 1951, ibid.

38. Reg. Dir, to Dir., Nov. 29, 1951, ibid.

39. SWMR, September 1951.

40. Ibid., December 1951.

41. Ibid., January 1952.

42. Ibid., February 1952.

43. Ibid., March 1952.

44. Ibid., December 1952.

45. Ibid., November 1952.

46. Ibid., various months, 1952. Only Bright mentions the use of county equipment on reservation roads. While it is possible that the county did some work here in the 1950s, it seems more likely that Bright misidentified equipment he saw working on the approach roads.

47. Ibid., November 1952, October 1953.

48. Wirth to Reg. Dir., Mar. 25, 1952, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L1417.

49. SWMR, March 1952.

50. King to Supt., Apr. 18, 1952, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D32.

51. SWMR, April 1952.

52. Ibid., May 1952.

53. Ibid., June 1952.

54. Ibid., August, September 1952.

55. Ibid., April, May, June, July, August, September, October 1952.

56. Ibid., April, May 1952.

57. Ibid., July, August 1952.

58. Ibid., June, October 1952.

59. Ibid., March 1952.

60. Ibid., April 1952.

61. Ibid., August 1952.

62. Ibid., September 1952.

63. Ibid., October 1952.

64. Ibid., November 1952.

65. Ibid., February 1953; Cozy is said to have vacillated in his preference for Park Service, tribal, or Bureau administration according to his perception of changing regulations as favorable or unfavorable. Robert L. Morris, personal communication, Sept. 27, 1974. Whether he had these changes of opinion in order to stimulate bureaucratic rivalries to his own advantage is uncertain. At the regional director's request, the chief counsel sent copies of the Navajo Tribal Council Resolution of July 8, 1930, Rhoads's instructions to Hagerman of July 1, 1930, and the western boundary agreement of March 5, 1942, for possible use at the forthcoming meeting. Chief Counsel to Reg. Dir., Nov. 7, 1952, C de C, H14.

66. SWMR, November 1952.

67. Ibid., January 1953.

68. Ibid., February, March 1953.

69. Ibid., April, May 1953.

70. Ibid., October 1953.

71. Davis to Dir., Jan. 11, 1954, in SWMR, December 1953.

72. SWMR, June 1953.

73. Ibid., September, December 1953.

74. Aubuchon, personal communication, Nov. 19, 1974.

75. SWMR, May 1953.

76. Ibid., February, November 1953.

77. Ibid., April 1953.

78. Patrow to Dir., Feb. 12, 1953, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D30.

79. Bright to Gen. Supt., July 8, 1953, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D5015.

80. SWMR, October 1953.

81. Ibid., February 1953.

82. Ibid., June 1953.

83. Ibid., January, February, March 1954.

84. Ibid., March, April 1954.

85. Ibid., June, August 1954.

86. Ibid., November, December 1954.

87. Ibid., May 1954.

88. Ibid., June 1954.

89. Ibid., July 1954.

90. Ibid., September, October 1954.

91. Ibid., December 1954.

92. Ibid., February 1954.

93. Minutes of the Navajo Tribal Council Meeting, Feb. 11, 1954, pp. 115-18.

94. Ibid., pp. 143-45.

95. SWMR, March 1954.

96. Ibid., April 1954.

97. Gastellum to Dir., Nov. 9, 1954, in SWMR, November 1954.

98. SWMR, January 1954.

99. Ibid., April 1954.

100. Ibid., July 1954.

101. Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., July 21, 1954, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L3415.

102. SWMR, August 1954.

103. Ibid., November 1954.

104. Ibid., December 1954.

105. Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., Nov. 2, 1954, DFRC, NPS, C de C, K1815.

106. Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., Nov. 19, 1954, ibid.

107. SWMR, January, February 1955.

108. Ibid., January 1955.

109. Ibid., January, February, March 1955.

110. Ibid., February 1955.

111. Davis to Dir., May 10, 1955, in SWMR, April 1955.

112. SWMR, December 1955.

113. Ibid., May, June 1955.

114. Davis to Dir., Aug. 10, 1955, in SWMR, July 1955.

115. SWMR, February 1955.

116. Ibid., March 1955.

117. Ibid., June 1955.

118. Ibid.; Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., June 21, 1955, C de C, Y22.

119. SWMR, July 1955.

120. Ibid., September 1955.

121. Ibid., August 1955.

122. Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., May 14, 1955, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L1415.

123. SWMR, June 1955..

124. Ibid., June, July 1955.

125. Ibid., June 1955.

126. Ibid., October 1955.

127. Ibid., December 1955.

128. Ibid., July 1955.

129. Miller to Supt., Aug. 4, 1955, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L58.

130. Aubuchon to Reg. Dir., Aug. 17, 1955, ibid.

131. Gastellum to Dir., Dec. 8, 1955, in SWMR, November 1955; Gastellum to Gen. Supt., Nay. Agency, Nov. 25, 1955, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D5015.

132. Gastellum to Gen. Supt., Nay. Agency, Nov. 25, 1955, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D5015.

133. Spaulding to Asst. Gen. Supt., SWNM, n.d., ibid.

134. SWMR, November 1955.

135. Ibid., December 1955.

136. Ibid., January 1956.

137. Ibid., February 1956.

138. Ibid., February, March, December 1956.

139. Ibid., May, June, July 1956.

140. Ibid., August 1956.

141. Ibid., September, October, November 1956.

142. Davis to Dir., Dec. 13, 1956, in SWMR, November 1956.

143. SWMR, July, August, September, October, November 1956.

144. Ibid., March 1956.

145. Ibid., December 1956.

146. Ibid., August 1956.

147. Maxwell, Chinle Subagency Supt., to Colliflower, Asst. Gen. Supt., Nay. Agency, Nov. 14, 1956, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D5015.

148. SWMR, December 1956.

149. Ibid., October 1956.

150. Ibid., May 1956.

151. Ibid., November 1955.

152. Gastellum to Dir., Jan. 9, 1957, in SWMR, December 1956.

153. SWMR, March 1956.

154. Ibid., March, June 1956.

155. Ibid., August 1956.

156. Aubuchon to Gen. Supt., Apr. 4, 1956, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L3423.

157. Aubuchon to Gallawas, Wilson, and Powell, Apr. 16, 1956, ibid.

158. Navajo Tribal Council, Title 5, Chapt. 11, Sections 921-923.

159. Henson, "Narrative Report," n.d., DFRC, NPS, C de C, A7623.

160. Navajo Tribal Council, Minutes of the Navajo Tribal Council Meeting (Oct. 22-Nov. 2, 1956), Nov. 1-2, 1956, pp. 390-94.

161. Henson to Reg. Dir., May 25, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, A7015.

162. "Canyon de Chelly Travel Statistics," DFRC, NPS, C de C, A2621.

163. L. R. Kerst to Henson, Aug. 7, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, A9015.

164. Henson to Kerst, Sept. 6, 1957, ibid.

165. Erik K. Reed to Henson, Sept. 11, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, K1815.

166. Thomas to ed., July 30, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, K34.

167. Henson to Reg. Dir., Sept. 30, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, A3615.

168. Chief, Branch of Communications, BIA, to Area Finance Office, BIA, June 11, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, D5015.

169. Ratcliff to Actg. Reg. Chief, Branch of Park Forest and Wildlife Protection, Oct. 30, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, A5427.

170. Henson to Gen. Supt., July 28, 1957, DFRC, NPS, C de C, L1417.

171. Harold M. Ratcliff to Supt., Feb. 4, 1957, ibid.

172. Henson, "Boundary Status Report," Feb. 11, 1957, ibid.