The Ship Rock at Sunrise
by George Johnston
Deserts
Keywords: Ship Rock, Shiprock, Northwest New Mexico, New Mexico, Navajo Reservation
The Ship Rock in Northwest New Mexico on the Navajo Reservaation is an ancient volcanic core. It is sacred to te Navajo Indians as their culture teaches that it is the tailfeathers and wings of a giant bird that brought the first man and woman to Earth. Anglo settlers gave it the name Ship Roick because from a distance it looks like a ship in full sale
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