Keams Canyon
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 Keams Canyon |
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| Location in County and Arizona | |||
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| Foundation : | 1878 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Arizona | ||
| County : | Navajo County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 49 ′ N , 110 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 304 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 7.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 43.12 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 43.07 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 1886 m | ||
| Postal code : | 86034 | ||
| Area code : | +1 928 | ||
| FIPS : | 04-37130 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0006629 | ||
Keams Canyon ( Hopi : Pongsikya or Pongsikvi / Navajo : Lókʼaʼdeeshjin) is a census-designated place in Navajo County in the northeast of the US state Arizona . According to the 2010 Census , the place had 304 inhabitants. The Navajo meaning of the place is "black reeds".
geography
Keams Canyon is located at 1,886 m in the canyon of the same name along Arizona State Route 264 in the middle of the Hopi Reservation , which is an enclave in the Navajo Nation Reservation . The place is in the Grand Canyon Section of the Colorado Plateau near the Apache County border .
The core settlement is located east of the State Route in the center of the local area. East of the settlement, the area extends in a narrow strip on both sides of the Keams Canyon to the Twin Dams . The local area extends to the northwest on the left side of the State Route. It is bordered by Table Mountain Antelope Mesa in the west and south as well as from Keams Canyon Wash in the north and east. In addition to individual houses, this area is largely uninhabited.
The mostly dried up Keams Canyon Wash flows through the settlement from east to northwest. Above the location of the after is flash floods torrential flow tamed by a plurality of reservoirs, including the Lake Moha and the Twin Dams . The Chili Spring spring is right next to the settlement .
The place is completely bordered by a community-free area. About 2 km north on the State Route is a small settlement for the employees of the Indian Health Service , which is no longer part of Keams Canyon.
history
The place was named after Thomas Varker Keam, at various times a seaman, soldier and prospector who was originally from Truro , England. Keam founded the settlement in 1878 and named it Keam's Cañon . However, he owned a trading post here as early as 1874 in order to trade with the indigenous people. He maintained this until 1902 when he sold it to Lorenzo Hubbell, who in turn sold it to the McGee family in 1938.
Some dealers convinced the postal authorities to set up an office here, which happened on March 12, 1882. At the same time the place got the name Keam's Canon .
In 1887 the Bureau of Indian Affairs built a school. The children were forced to cut their hair, wear American clothing, and only speak English. Bad food and shabby premises resulted in illness and death. In addition, the children from Hotevilla had to spend the whole summer vacation in Keams Canyon and could not go back to their home villages like the others. When the Hopi refused to continue sending their children to school, the authorities sent soldiers to Hotevilla to bring the children back to school. In 1915 the school was closed again.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census , there were 304 people in 104 households in Keams Canyon. The population density was 7.05 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.92 people each in the 104 households.
The racial the population was composed of 88.8 percent Native American, 7.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American and 0.3 percent Asian; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 90.5 percent of the population was Native American.
12.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 82.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,574 USD . The per capita income was $ 12,191. 31.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
traffic
Keams Canyon is on Arizona State Route 264 , which leads to Polacca in the northwest and Ganado in the southeast.
Attractions
The old trading post, now the daily open McGee's Indian Art Gallery , is the most visited tourist attraction in town. The short Coal Mine Canyon extends in the local area and Inscription Rock rises 3 km away .
Keams Canyon owns a restaurant, a mall and a campsite, among other things. As one of the headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the site is also home to several government buildings.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Writers' Project: The WPA Guide to Arizona: The Grand Canyon State . Trinity University Press, 2013, pp. 530 ( Keams Canyon in Google Book Search).
- ^ Charles H. Newton: The Reasons why Place Names in Arizona are So Named! Primer Printers, 1980, pp. 48 ( Keams Canyon on p. 25 in the Google book search).
- ^ Elizabeth Compton Hegemann: Navaho Trading Days . UNM Press, 1963, p. 388 ( Keams Canyon in Google Book Search).
- ^ A b Pam Hait: Day Trips® from Phoenix, Tucson & Flagstaff: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler . Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, pp. 320 ( Keams Canyon on p. 254 in the Google book search).
- ↑ Laura Graves: Thomas Varker Keam: Indian Trader . University of Oklahoma Press, 2016, pp. 366 ( Keams Canyon in Google Book Search).
- ^ Will Croft Barnes: Arizona Place Names . University of Arizona Press, 1988, pp. 503 ( Keam on p. 230 in Google book search).
- ^ Mary A. Stout & Helen Dwyer: Hopi History and Culture . Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP, 2011, p. 48 ( Keams Canyon on p. 15 in the Google book search).
- ^ Nancy Bonvillain & Ada Elizabeth Deer: The Hopi . Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 110 ( Keams Canyon on p. 60 in the Google book search).
- ↑ American Fact Finder United States Census Bureau
- ↑ a b Fodor's Travel Guides: Fodor's Arizona & The Grand Canyon . Fodor's Travel, 2018, p. 464 ( Keams Canyon in Google Book Search).