A Tribute To Shiprock

Shiprock The Navajo Nation вђњwinged Rockвђќ Jfdornellas Photography The navajo name for the peak, tsé bitʼaʼí, “rock with wings” or “winged rock”, refers to the legend of the great bird that brought the navajo from the north to their present lands. image credit: shutterstock. its navajo name is tsé bit ‘a’í, which means “rock with wings.”. according to the navajo legend, it represents the. The legend. for centuries, the towering “rock with wings” has been sacred to the navajo people, who call it tse bit’ a’i. one legend tells of monster, flesh eating birds who lived on the peak of shiprock. one day, a warrior killed two of the bird monsters, then turned one baby bird monster into an eagle and another into an owl.

Facts About Ship Rock The Navajo S Sacred Peak Ship rock is a dramatic 7,177 foot high (2,188 meter) rock mountain located in northwestern new mexico about 20 miles southwest of the town of shiprock. the formation, a volcanic plug, rises above a barren desert plain south of the san juan river. ship rock is on navajo nation land, a self governing territory of 27,425 square miles in. Shiprock is said to be the medicine bag or bow carried by a giant, mythical, man like being, whose body is made up of various mountain ranges and peaks. there's also another legend that says that flesh eating bird monsters lived atop the shiprock. one of the two warrior twins, monstery slayer, killed two of the bird monsters and turned one baby. Volcanic sentinel in northwestern new mexico. shiprock is an iconic stone sentinel, rising 1583 feet above the stark plains of northwestern new mexico. the national park service designated shiprock as a national natural landmark in 1975. visible from 50 miles away on a clear day, shiprock is the throat of an ancient volcano, with a peak 7,178. From the navajo nation reservation in shiprock, new mexico, where he transformed a struggling high school women's team into four time state champions. from 1982 to 1993 jerry richardson made the lady chieftans of shiprock into a story of mythic dimensions. more importantly he changed the lives of the young women he coached.