Place:Keams Canyon, Navajo, Arizona, United States

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NameKeams Canyon
Alt namesKeamsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4011979
Keam Canyonsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4011979
Keams Canonsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4011979
Lókʼaʼdeeshjinsource: Wikipedia
Peach Orchard Springsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4011979
Pongsikvisource: Wikipedia
Pongsikyasource: Wikipedia
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates35.813°N 110.204°W
Located inNavajo, Arizona, United States
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Keams Canyon (Hopi: Pongsikya or Pongsikvi; ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.

Pongsikya is a narrow box canyon that is named after a plant of edible greens that survived along the seasonal stream that drains from Antelope Mesa and flows through the three mile long canyon. Here William Keam, and then his cousin Thomas Keam, operated a trading post during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. They served the Navajo Indians and opened the door to commercial trade for the Hopi Indians. The nearest trading post was some fifty miles away and Keam's trading post was 13 miles east of the Hopi Indian's settlements on First Mesa. With the opportunity for full year round trade nearby, the regional Indians quickly identified the canyon with the traders and the name Keams Canyon took hold.

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