Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico

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Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
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Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°14′58″N108°54′28″W / 35.24944°N 108.90778°W / 35.24944; -108.90778 Coordinates: 35°14′58″N108°54′28″W / 35.24944°N 108.90778°W / 35.24944; -108.90778
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(s) 505
GNIS feature ID902802 [1]

Chi Chil Tah (also Cheechilgeetho, Gahyazhi, Jones Ranch, Tse Chil Tah) is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [1]

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Education

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Chi Chil'tah Community School". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. "BIA's Access Native America Project Successfully Completed". Bureau of Indian Affairs. 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  5. "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools . Retrieved 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.
  6. '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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