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Show 10-Year 10 Year la-Year la - Program for forNavajos forNavaos I Navalos Navajos | Worked OutA Out OutA A 10 year program aimed at atmakmg atmaking amaking t makmg making 70000 70 000 Navajo IndIans IndIanssefl Indianssell Indiansefl i sefl sell supporting supportmg has been work worked worked worked ed out-tentatlvelj-by out tentatlvelj by out-tentatively-by tentatively out - tentatively - by the thebureau thebureau thibureau ' bureau of Indian affairs affairsThe affairsThe The Navajos who now num number number number ber ibout 1bout about 56000 56 000 but are m in mcreasmg increasing increasing creasmg creasing at the rate of about ; 1200 per j iear year ear had an 111come income 111comeof incomeof of about $410 410 $ per family m in n1940 i 1940 compared to about $17)0 170 $17oO 17oO $17)0for $17oOfor $17olfor 17olfor $ ; ) I for the non Indian rural population popu populahon populatron , , lahon latron of the area In the war warI waryears " I : years with wJth the pay and dnd allot allotmeats ' . meats of men and women m in mservIce inservice uservice > servIce and employed off the thereservatIon thereservation thireservation I reservatIon their income mcome rose roseto roseto rosi ' to about , $1250 1250 $ a family but It t now is dropping droppmg rapidly rapidlyThe rapidlyThe The plight phght of the Navajos hac had hadthe hadthe hacthe 1 the attention of the last sessior sessIOn sessIOnof sessionof sessiorof i of congress Both Senator Watk Watk Wat k ns ( R Utah ) chairman of theIndian theIndian the ' ndian Indian [ affairs subcommitteeand subcommittee I Iand and Rep Harless ( D Anz Ariz ) dls dis dlsI dlscussed discussed I cussed it exhaustively They as aswell aswell a ; 3 well as several other congressmen congressmen congress men are visiting vlsltmg the reservahon reservataon reserva reservation tion hon taon this summerThe summerThe summer The Navajos live l1ve on a 15 445 000 acre reservation mArl mArlzona in An Anzona zona New 1Ile\\ 1Ile 1IleMexIco ( \ \ Mexico and Utah It ItIS Itis I t is estimated eshmated that several hundred hundred hun hundred dred thousand acres are so bad badly ly 1'1 11 ' eroded as to be piacticall plactlcaUy practically plactlcaUyworthless practicallyworthless : worthless and the entire area areahas areahas ) has been badly damaged by byovergrazing b : , I overgrazmgI overgrazmgDespite overgrazingDespite overgrazing overgrazmg Despite this thl : ' situation sl uahon the thebureau bureau believes sufficient sufhClent re resources resources , sources are available if properly properly prop properiy I propI eriy erly developed to assure a l1vmg lrvrng liv l1v lrv living ing mg rng for all aU members of the tribe tnbe ' |