Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico | |
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  Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 35°14′58″N 108°54′28″W / 35.24944°N 108.90778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Elevation | 6,762 ft (2,061 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Area code | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 902802[1] |
Chi Chil Tah (also Cheechilgeetho, Gahyazhi, Jones Ranch, Tse Chil Tah) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
Education
[edit]The Bureau of Indian Affairs operates a K-8 school, Chi Chil'tah Community School.[2] It was given internet access in 2001. That year it had 206 students.[3]
Gallup-McKinley County Schools is the non-BIE school district.[4] Zoned schools are: David Skeet Elementary School in Vanderwagen, Gallup Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School in Gallup.[5]
Notable person
[edit]- Chester Nez, last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Chi Chil'tah Community School". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "BIA's Access Native America Project Successfully Completed". Bureau of Indian Affairs. August 23, 2001. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved January 15, 2022. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.
- ^ 'Chester Nez, last of the original Navajo Code Talkers, has died, Daily Times Four Corners News, Noel Lyn Smith, June 6, 2014
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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