Window Rock is an unincorporated community in Apache County next to the New Mexico border, and is the capital of the Navajo Nation. The population is around 3,000.
Window Rock was originally sparsely populated, until the 1930s when the Office of Indian Affairs established the community as a capital. The capital would also function as a "land use institute", to administer to soil conservation and oil production. The capital would consolidate
Window Rock was chosen as the location for the capital due to the notable hole in a face of rock, which bears cultural significance. Despite tribal leaders agreeing to the site for the central agency, most Navajo people considered it a desecration of a sacred place.
Today, Window Rock continues as the home of the Navajo Nation President and Vice President, Navajo Nation Supreme Court, and the 24-member Navajo Nation Council. Citizens of the nation, from Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado come to the community on the weekdays.
The Navajo Nation Council Chamber, on Window Rock Loop Road. The capitol building was built in 1935, and is the only legislative headquarters in the US owned by an American Indian tribe which has been continuously in use by that tribe. It is the only true Navajo architecture in Window Rock, evoking a Navajo hogan.
The Navajo Nation Administration Building, on Window Rock Boulevard.
The administrative building was built in 1935, and is home to the Navajo Nation Office of the President and other administrative offices.
Window Rock Tribal Park, on Window Rock Loop Road.
The namesake window for the community is the centerpiece of the Tribal Park. The formation, "tségháhoodzání" in the Navajo language, means "rock with hole through it". It carries importance in the Navajo Nation as the place where the people met in the fall of 1868 to reaffirm their social and cultural practices.
"The Legendary Navajo Code Talkers" statue, in Window Rock Tribal Park. The statue was dedicated in 2004.
The Navajo Education Center, on Morgan Boulevard.
The Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Department Building, on Morgan Boulevard. The structure was originally the dispensary for the campus, and was built in 1936.
The Navajo Museum Library & Visitor's Center, on Navajo Street. The library was built in 1997.
The Diné Restaurant, inside the Quality Inn hotel at Main Street and Arizona Route 264. The restaurant is known as one of the best places in the United States to get Navajo cuisine.
The Window Rock Post Office, on Window Rock Loop Road.
Buildings on Window Rock Loop Road. Some road signs in Window Rock are in the Navajo language, although most road signs are in English.
A restaurant on Indian Route 12.
Bashas' Diné Market, on Arizona Route 264.
Houses on Shonto Boulevard.
A house on Tse Bonito.
Houses on Shonto Boulevard.
A house on Oljato Boulevard.
Houses on Kaibeto Drive.
The Window Rock Christian Center, on Mustang Drive.
A rodeo arena at the Navajo Nation Fair, on Arizona Route 264.
