WINDOW ROCK

capital of the extensive Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache county, northeastern Arizona, U.S. It lies 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Gallup, N.M. Established in 1936 as the Central Agency Headquarters to consolidate the many Indian agencies scattered throughout the reservation (which overlaps into New Mexico and Utah), the town was named for the huge wind-eroded opening in the sandstone cliffs that overlook the administrative buildings from the north. The focal point is the octagonal Navajo Council House where the tribal council meets. Pop. (1990) 3,306.