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Tseyi -- The Rock Canyon:
As everchanging as light and shadow in this vista of Canyon de Chelly. The word Chelly (pronounced Shay) also reflects change, for it is the Spanish-English corruption of Tseyi -- Navajo for Rock Canyon.
The Navajo farms on the canyon floor still reveal traditional farming patterns, although steel hoes and plows have replaced the digging stick, and pick-up trucks now outnumber horses.
These farms produce crops for individual families, with little left over for sale. And even this marginal production is threatened by late spring and early fall frosts, sandstorms, summer drought or torrential rainstorms. |