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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 260 at the 2000 census. Pongsikya is a narrow box canyon 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,〔James,Harry C. Pages from Hopi History. University of Arizona Press, 1974. ISBN 0-8165-0500-4. P195.〕 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.〔Pecina, Ron and Pecina, Bob. Neil David’s Hopi World. Schiffer Publishing 2011. ISBN 978-0-7643-3808-3. Pages 8,9, and 38-41.〕 ==Geography== Keams Canyon is located at (35.812849, -110.204154). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keams Canyon, Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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