TEEC NOS POS

Est. 1905

HISTORIC

TRADING POST

Yá át tééh!

[ya-ta-HEY]

The community name of Teec Nos Pos (pronounced Tease-Nhas-phas) is an English variation on the Navajo words Tiis nazbas, which has a Navajo meaning of "circle of cottonwood trees".

The trading post is located on the Navajo Nation, in an area known as the Four Corners. This is named for the point were the four States of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico meet.

The Navajo Nation is the largest (population greater than 169,000) Native American reservation in the United States. The population is ten times greater than the 2nd largest reservation. It encompasses significant portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

This Teec Nos Pos Trading Post is a general supply store that also provides many of the tools and material required by the world famous Teec Nos Pos Artisans.

The Teec Nos Pos Trading Post is were the local Navajos shop for their daily needs and sell their unique artistic creations; rugs, silver and turquoise jewelry, kachinas, bead work, and a variety of other crafts. Buckskins and baskets, required for Navajo traditional ceremonies, are bought and sold at our trading post.

Teec Nos Pos Trading Post is a valuable resource for Navajo sheep herders who sell their wool and mohair. Fall 2012 provided a bountiful harvest of pinyon nuts on the Navajo Nation and Teec Nos Pos Trading Post was privileged to be part of this Navajo commerce.Navajo Artisans include fine art weavers of rugs.

The Teec Nos Pos Trading Post has a long history of supporting these artisans by being a source for purchase of their fine art. Our collection of Navajo hand woven rugs is extensive.