Aid and the Indian: a case study in faulty communication

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Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

The California Geographer 5: 57-68

Notes

In 1868, upon release from four years of federal imprisonment, 8,000 surviving Navajos were issued 15,000 sheep which were to serve as the foundation of a native sheep industry. This was part of the government's rehabilitation program for the Navajo Tribe. The United States wanted to make the tribe self-sufficient and economically stable as soon as possible." It wanted to relieve itself of the burden of administration, and, in a manner of speaking, get out of the "Indian business." The resulting phenomenal increase in both livestock and Indian populations prevented this wish from materializing. By the 1920's, the livestock load of the tribal range was far beyond its carrying capacity, and the Indian population was far beyond its capacity to take care of itself. The Government was desperately "up to its ears" in the Indian problem. A further source of confusion in Navajo Government relations originated from the fact that the Indian Service failed to perceive adequately the nature and strength of the native cultural patterns.

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