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<br />!~y NAVAJO, The need for the .full and early devel-
<br />" , ~:c ,Of all feasible i:ri~~t1on projects on the Nava.jo
<br />Rl,lle.rVll.tion is aoute.W1thln the Nava.jo Reservation in
<br />Arizona.. and, New Mexico there arl,l appro, ximately jO.ooO ac.res
<br />nPw [provided With irrigation faoilities, SOl11e of the mQ.ny"
<br />$~pe.rat$ ~velopments are merely flood water projeots. and
<br />are of little value during years of extreme drought. Addi-
<br />t~o~l' atorage is required to provide a dependable water
<br />s~PP"y. Additional llu1;ljugation work dso needs to be done
<br />i~ order to conserve watl,lr and make it possible for the
<br />I$di~lltocarry on farlningoperations.With the tull de-
<br />v+lo~nt of all feasible irrigation units on the Nava.jo'
<br />i* A,fill'lnaiand New Mexico. and Utah including the Mon\!lll.ent
<br />R4~kf. a.rea.,' the ShiP, rook., area,' and ,the mi,soe,.llan, e,oussmall'
<br />p*ojects, there would bell. total of approximately 160,000
<br />. a*res Of il'rigable land available for use by these Indians,
<br />Tbe estima1led oost of the new developments, including the 'I . ;
<br />. 811bjigation of the land. is $,Z7.000,'000 or an average Of about ,
<br />, $~O per aore. for the new acreage.
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<br />I' I Lhing on and adjacent to the res,ervationare apprQxi"
<br />ml\te1Y 52,000 Navajo Indians~ praotioally all of who{llar.
<br />f~11 ib1oodS:~ This population oomprises about 11.000 t;M1iU<t~.
<br />I'If 14 the o:bligation of the government to provide these,i?,eople
<br />w:lithresources suffioient for them to attain eoonomio ande. '
<br />", p~dE!noe' at a reasonable Iltandardof living. The present
<br />o~~ing oapacity of the grazing range available to them ill
<br />e~ill!ated &t 61l~000 speep units. This would pennit thegraz-
<br />in@! Qfappr'oximately 70 sheep per family whereas at least 400
<br />"slie:elifper tamily are re\lu:!.red to provi de a minim\llll standard
<br />,>o~'l~vi.n~. . Assuming that 3.000 of these Indian tamilies will
<br />fl,Mithe:!.rway into industry orothe1'!Viae secure their !irlng
<br />o~" the ,r,es.,ervat:!.on:. thflre remain 8,000.,. families to, be pr,:Orl., d, e,d
<br />far. : With the range land divided equally theyoouldeaoh have ;
<br />nop, 1ioexoe~d about 75 sheep per family. With t,hefulldevel-
<br />ol#~t ;01' ap potentiallyirrigable lands totaling 160,.000
<br />a~.,"'~','..:, il.i.~it, W'~Ul,d be PO,SSib, h to .assi"g,n an,.. ave".ra. ge.. 0.1',' ab.,o\1.t. 20
<br />:aees; of irrigable land to each at the 8.000 families. in
<br />a(\ ~t~ontowhich eaoh tamily could graze an average 01' 75
<br />sfipep;. . ,Thill would not solve the total eoonomio problem oft,he
<br />Na~jp, ~utit would raise their presentlltandard of living
<br />'Oofl.lliji&:rabl;y. Many 01' these Indiai1.s are in the, anned servioes
<br />1U\l1: mIuW'lIIOl'e are engaged i,n war work. When the war is oVer
<br />',anai the present war work opportunities do net exist~ these
<br />pstPl,~. must, inevitably r,eturn .to thereservation.unl, e,lIS de-
<br />ta4."e'11 p~anil' oan be developed and construotion work started
<br />on! '\:;~se;pr~posedirrigation developments imfuedi ate ly atter
<br />',.0 et'.ll.:t.. i~, ',' o~" hosti.l~ ties... ,theoon,di.,ti, c,n.. so" n . thi,.S l'$,',llerVll.,. ti,on
<br />lt4, l1>e suoh as to requ:!.re the expenditure at ,large SIllllS tor
<br />'re, $.at or ulnade work"'. 'This alternative must be avo:l.ded.
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