Navajolands 

For arguments sake, should this area be listed in the "International" section? Is it on U.S. land or not? I always thought not. Just curious.

The Navajo Tribe have their own leaders, laws, rules, language, religion. We already have the Indian Gambling;...I'm waiting for the legalized marajuana and prostitution......make some real money...

Alcohol is illegal on the reservation.

That never stopped anyone from drinking it, though.

I thought I read recently that, despite the ban on climbing here, the way Navajo rules work is that as long as you get permission from the landowner, you can climb. What they don't appreciate is climbers just coming onto their land and recreating on it without saying hello, how are you, can I climb here. (Hence maybe why the ban occurred in the first place?)

I believe I read this in a dude's account of climbing Venus Needle in the last few years--after getting the landowner's permission to do so.

Most Navajo have never heard of a rock climbing ban on the Reservation. If you go climbing outside of The Tribal Loop, Shiprock, and Spider Rock, you are just another soul out cruising around the Res.

Yaa'eh t'eeh (yah-ah-eh-teh-EH)Hello. My name is Quentin and I am full blooded Navajo or Dine. I've live in the Four Corners area (NM, AZ, UT & CO) most of my life and I have been actively climbing for 4 yrs now and to see it posted that the Navajo Nation does not allow climbing is really discouraging. I've been climbing here all my life and the only advice I can give to the outsiders is befriend a Navajo...like me! I've been seeking out alot of bouldering areas and some crack climbs around the Four Corners area now for the last 3 yrs. So, if you're interested at all, please feel free to contact me at qetutt@yahoo.com and I'll do my best to accommodate you in your adventure here on the reservation. For the most part, I usually just ask locals if it's ok to climb around and usually it's ok. You just gotta know the language. Peace.