With the rugged beauty of Blanca Peak fresh in our memory, Journey to the Sacred Mountains continued to the sacred mountain of the south. Mt Taylor holds physical, cultural, and spiritual significance for many tribes of the southwest including Acoma, Laguna, Zuni, Navajo, and Hopi. Known as Tsoodził to the Navajo, traditional teachings describe that Mt Taylor is fastened to the earth with a stone knife. The mountain represents summer, the turquoise stone, and is home to turquoise boy and turquoise girl. In recent news, Mt Taylor has been designated as Traditional Cultural Property by the New Mexico Cultural Properties review Committee.
We visited Mt Taylor August 1 - 2, 2009.
Click here to view photos of our visit to Tsoodził.
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