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Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
: ) is the highest summit of the
La Plata Mountains The La Plata Mountains are a small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado, United States. They are located on the border between Montezuma and La Plata counties, about northwest of Durango. Their name is Spani ...
range of the Rocky Mountains of
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. The prominent thirteener is located in San Juan National Forest, northeast by east ( bearing 59°) of the Town of Mancos in
Montezuma County Montezuma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,849. The county seat is Cortez. Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Yucca House National Monu ...
, Colorado, United States. The summit of Hesperus Mountain is the
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in Montezuma County.


Mountain

Though not of particularly high elevation for the region, Hesperus Mountain is visually quite prominent, as it is near the southern edge of the San Juan Mountains and rises over above the area. Hesperus is notable as the
Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
People's Sacred Mountain of the North, ', which marks the northern boundary of the Dinetah, their traditional homeland. It is associated with the color black, and is said to be impregnated with
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. When First Man created the mountain as a replica of mountains in the Fourth World, he fastened it to the ground with a rainbow and covered it in darkness.Robert S. McPherson, ''Sacred Land, Sacred View: Navajo perceptions of the Four Corners Region'', Brigham Young University, . The San Juan Mountains have been the traditional homeland of the Ute People. http://www.dargnet.org http://uintahbasintah.org/maps/ubsw.jpg Along with Ute the La Plata Mountain Range has also been the early homeland of the Navajo People who had settled on and near this mountain and the La Plata Mountain Range.


See also

* List of mountain peaks of Colorado * List of Colorado county high points *


References


External links


Hesperus Mountain on Hikearizona.com
{{Colorado Mountains of Montezuma County, Colorado San Juan Mountains (Colorado) San Juan National Forest North American 4000 m summits Sacred mountains Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America Mountains of Colorado