Part of the Black Mesa mountainous area on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona. Balakai Point forms the tip of Balakai mesa, which is associated with the Navajo Blessingway ceremony.
"Approaching Black Mesa, U.S. 160 Near Tsegi, Arizona" by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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A07 The Dark Wind (04-06), p. 127
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.
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