Camping within the Navajo Nation
Has anyone ever camped in Tuba City, AZ on Navajo Nation property? Is it safe?
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We haven't spent the amount of time that Thunder Mountain has, but on several trips in and around the Navajo and Hopi areas we have always been welcome, and never felt unsafe.
Sitting in, of all places, the McDonalds in Tuba City, and watching the very young, the teens, and the very old interact was a fascinating hour. The nearby museum/trading post is also great.
But the best was the invitation from the Hopi Cultural Center to "stop in at the high school tomorrow for Indian Days" -- which turned out to be several hours of young people from every Native community within bus-reach presenting their own traditional dances. And acting like typical American teenagers in the meantime!
We see the problems evident in the Native areas -- who doesn't? But we prefer to look for the positive things to see and experience in some of the less traveled parts of our country.
Sitting in, of all places, the McDonalds in Tuba City, and watching the very young, the teens, and the very old interact was a fascinating hour. The nearby museum/trading post is also great.
But the best was the invitation from the Hopi Cultural Center to "stop in at the high school tomorrow for Indian Days" -- which turned out to be several hours of young people from every Native community within bus-reach presenting their own traditional dances. And acting like typical American teenagers in the meantime!
We see the problems evident in the Native areas -- who doesn't? But we prefer to look for the positive things to see and experience in some of the less traveled parts of our country.
