Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico

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

Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°14′58″N 108°54′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Elevation
6,762 ft (2,061 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code505
GNIS feature ID902802[1]

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. "Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Chi Chil'tah Community School". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. "BIA's Access Native America Project Successfully Completed". Bureau of Indian Affairs. August 23, 2001. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. "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.
  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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