Toyei is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Apache County Apache County is a county in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns. Most of the county is occupie ...

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, United States. The population was 13 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Education

It is in the

Ganado Unified School District Ganado Unified School District is located in Ganado, Arizona, Apache County. The district includes four schools: Ganado High School, Ganado Middle School, Ganado Intermediate School and Ganado Primary School. Ganado Primary School is known fo ...

, which operates Ganado High School. There was previously a

Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior. It is responsible for im ...

(BIA) boarding school at Toyei. In 1979

Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her humorous and insightful writing, which often used satire and wit to critique political fig ...

wrote that "The Toyei school used to be cited for its model dormitory program, but that has been discontinued."
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Demographics

Notable people

* Annie Dodge Wauneka, activist and former Navajo Nation Council member

References

External links

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USGS map of Toyei Boarding School
{{authority control Census-designated places in Apache County, Arizona Populated places on the Navajo Nation Census-designated places in Arizona