Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico Explained

Official Name:	Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico
Pushpin Map:	New Mexico
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	New Mexico
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	McKinley
Timezone:	Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:	-7
Timezone Dst:	MDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-6
Elevation Ft:	6762
Coordinates:	35.2494°N -108.9078°W
Area Code:	505
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	902802

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

Education

The Bureau of Indian Affairs operates a K-8 school, Chi Chil'tah Community School.^[1] It was given internet access in 2001. That year it had 206 students.^[2]

Gallup-McKinley County Schools is the non-BIE school district.^[3] Zoned schools are: David Skeet Elementary School in Vanderwagen, Gallup Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School in Gallup.^[4]

Notable person

• Chester Nez, last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chi Chil'tah Community School. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-07-20.
2. Web site: BIA's Access Native America Project Successfully Completed . Bureau of Indian Affairs. 2001-08-23. 2021-08-07.
3. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-07-20.
4. Web site: GMCS Address Lookup. Gallup-McKinley County Schools. 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.
5. 'Chester Nez, last of the original Navajo Code Talkers, has died, Daily Times Four Corners News, Noel Lyn Smith, June 6, 2014