And vandalism btw. Particularly the preparation needed to remove a 'theft proof' sign is not done by an idle souvenir collector on a road with essential no tourists that no one form outside the area has ever heard of. Those things are just as likely done by the few who have a moral objection to the number. Ironically, the road could have been turned into a minor tourist attraction for Gallup if not Shiprock. Likewise, copies of the sign could have been pedaled in Gallup to feed any souvenir collectors as is done with rte 66 signs.
But most interesting to me is the way the attitudes of evangelicals concerning the spiritual status of the valley (albeit newly acquired and negative) spilled over into the Navajo beliefs as the area become known on the reservation to have a high number of Skinwalkers.