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<br />. <br /> <br />isolation on reservations has permitted them to preserve Indian culture <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br />w <br />l'\.) <br /> <br />and way of life to a certain extent, Some levels of development will <br /> <br />obviously reduce this isolation as large numbers of non-Indians will <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />challenge the ability of Indian culture to survive. A third important <br /> <br />consideration of Indian Americans is the migration from the reservation <br /> <br />to the city. A fixed land base, generally arid unproductive land, coupled <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />with a rapidly increasing population (high birth rate) is forcing many <br /> <br />Indians to leave the reservation. Water for irrigation would produce an <br /> <br />increase in agricultural and livestock production which would permit <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />many Indians to remain on the reservation and still maintain their tradi- <br /> <br />tional way of life. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />While the Mexican-American population does not have the land base <br /> <br />of the Indians, they do have unique cultural characteristics which may be <br /> <br />threatened by water use decisions, They do share the Indians poverty <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and decisions that will provide jobs, increase educational opportunities <br /> <br />and increase available social services will be crucial to their well-being. <br /> <br />Differential Impacts of Water <br />on Persons Located at Various <br />Points in the Community Social Structure <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />There is increasing evidence that many of the benefits accruing <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from industrial development (and, perhaps particularly, energy resource <br /> <br />development) in rural areas are exported. That is, much of the economic <br /> <br />benefit goes elsewhere while a significant proportion of the social and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br />. <br />