New Mexico State Parks has completed a $15,000 study on a potential state park at Shiprock Peak, a sacred Navajo site.

The state Indian Affairs Committee authorized the study. Supporters want to protect the 1,800-foot peak, known as Tse' Bit' Ai in the Navajo language.

The study recommends a partnership with the Navajo Nation to develop the park, which would be among 13 state, tribal and national parks in the Shiprock area.

Comments on the study will be accepted for 60 days.

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Saving Shiprock: Community hopes to make sacred monument a state or national park (The Farmington Daily Times 9/9)