ness of the big dining room made a pleasant ending to our long day. As poverty was one of the great problems of the Navajos, the offer of good food, warm clothing and comfortable shelter for their chil dren was hard to turn down. The children were taught the regular school subjects through the eighth grade including Bible study. In their spare time, the girls learned to help in the kitchen, laundry and hospital. Hygiene became a very practical subject and good well wa ter was plentiful. The boys learned to raise vegetables, keep their dor mitory clean, practice on band in struments, make Navajo jewelry and compete in sports. Some of the older boys and girls became interpreters, helping to tell the gos pel story in the Navajo camps. The Bureau of Indian Affairs had provided each family with a flock of sheep from which they were to get their living. But most of the res ervation has an altitude of about 7000 feet and the severe winters cover the grazing land with deep snow. Many sheep died of cold and starvation. The ones that survived found good pasture in the spring and summer. Their wool was woven into rugs and their flesh furnished fresh meat for the Navajo. Today, although there is still too much poverty, the Navajo has come a long way toward better living con ditions. Christian teaching and edu cational training have established new hope and new goals. Hundreds of the younger generation are eager to finish high school and go on to college. Many educated Navajos now seek public office to become the leaders of their people. They do not want to be represented by white men who do not understand Navajo problems. One of the greatest achievements on the reservation is the new Navajo Community College. A donation of $250,000 was made by six utilities which also will build the Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ari zona. About 175 Navajo employees will be trained to operate the plant. The utility companies will make money, but because of the great benefits to the Navajo people, the NOVEMBER, 1970
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