Pues eso dicen que entre que no son proclives a solicitar hipotecas y que desde hace bastantes decadas el indice de paro de la reserva es del 50 (leido en BW)
«They’re freaking out out there, but to us, we’ve always had 50 percent unemployment,» said John C. Whiterock, a Navajo youth pastor. «To us, that’s just part of life.»
That’s not to say the 200,000 people who live on the largest American Indian reservation, which extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, have escaped untouched. Tribal officials are wrangling over how to address a $25 million budget shortfall and requests for social services have prompted newspaper ads for more employees to handle them.
That’s not to say the 200,000 people who live on the largest American Indian reservation, which extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, have escaped untouched. Tribal officials are wrangling over how to address a $25 million budget shortfall and requests for social services have prompted newspaper ads for more employees to handle them.
The key has been the ability of Navajos who maintain traditional beliefs to cope, and the attitude that allows them to persevere. The culture teaches that wealth isn’t measured by dollars and that the language, the land and kinship are the greatest survival tools.
For reservation resident Delores Claw, that means leaning on traditional practices such as keeping livestock and growing corn to offset the rising cost of food. Claw lost her job at a day school after enrollment dropped, and the construction work for her husband has slowed. As money got tight, Claw’s family butchered 10 of their lambs.
«They always say if you have livestock, you’re rich,» she said
«They always say if you have livestock, you’re rich,» she said