Seklagaidesi, Arizona

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    Also known as Seklagidsa or Tselagideza Canyon, located in the western slopes of the Carrizo Mountains in Apache County, Arizona. There is also a canyon by the same name nearby. In Navajo, Tselagideza means “Prominent White Cliffs." The head of Walker Creek begins in this canyon and further down it joins with Alcove Canyon.

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    "Canyon wall in Apache County, AZ, May 31, 2010" by ctweney is licensed under CC BY.

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    Gregory, Herbert E.
         1917   Geology of the Navajo Country, a Reconnaissance of Parts of Arizona, New Mexico
             and Utah. Washington: Government Print Office.

    Linford, Laurance D.
         2001   Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn
             and Jim Chee Mysteries. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.

    United States Geographic Board and Andrew Braid
         1916   Fourth Report of the United States Geographic Board, 1890 to 1916. Washington:
             Government Printing Office.