The Rock With The Hole Through It

  In the 18 years I lived in Arizona, I had occasion to visit alot of Indian Reservations. And since I traveled in New Mexico alot, I have visited many of that state's Indian Reservations as well. If my count is accurate, and I believe it is, I have visited 58 Indian Reservations, most of those being in Arizona and New Mexico.
  I lived at worked at the Grand Canyon for nearly two decades. The Grand Canyon is in northwestern Arizona and, since the Navajo Reservation is so big, it is difficult to go anywhere in northern Arizona without going through the reservation. The Navajo Reservation covers about 24,000 square miles, which makes it about the size of West Virginia. The Navajo Reservation lies in 3 states; Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, with the  majority of it being in Arizona.  It is split roughly 70% Arizona, 28% New Mexico and 2% Utah, by my estimation.
  I guess the logical place to begin  my writings about my travels on the Navajo Indian Reservation is in the reservation's capital, Window Rock.
  Window Rock is in Arizona, but lies on the border with New Mexico. The eastern city limits are concurrent with the state border. I know someone who thinks the name "Window Rock" sounds like the name of a town on the Flintstones. Actually, the ceremonial name for what is now known as Window Rock was "Ni Alnii 'Gi.". This Navajo phrase meant "Center of the World." Alot of Anglos took exception to this name, but the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier, tried to get Ni Alnii  'Gi  made the official name for the site when the federal government decided to establish an Indian Agency here under the auspices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This action met with alot of resistance, so people started using the Navajo name for the rock formation that overlooks the town "Tseghahoodzani," which means "The rock with the hole through it," as the name of the site. This name was rendered in English to be "Window Rock" and the name stuck.
This rock formation is very impressive. The name is extremely accurate because there is, indeed, a giant hole, or window, that goes all the way through the rock. This hole was eroded by wind over the eons and it is near the top of the rock formation. It is basically an arch or natural bridge in the making, but it is not eroded enough yet to classify as either one of those things. The hole in the rock is in Arizona, but barely. The New Mexico border is about 200 yards east of the hole in the rock. 
  In these Navajo names that I typed, there are several punctuation marks that are on, or above, the letters that I am unable to do on the computer. For example, there should be a diagonal slash across the top half of the "L" in the ceremonial name of this site.
  I have been to Window Rock 5 times, and have spent the night there twice. I have not been there as often as I have other major towns on the reservation because it was not on my travel routes. In fact, until 2006, I had only been there one time and I just passed through on the highway. I don't know why I just passed through because that is not what I usually do when I travel. I usually explore each and every town I go through. I must have been running late that time, in the mid 1990s. I must have been on my way to Gallup, New Mexico for the night.