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<br /> <br />008195 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPrER IV <br /> <br />LAND ADMINISTRATION AlID SERVICES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />,...,. " <br />.-.,. -'" _ C'_ <br />-- .-~--,..-;:-;.;;:~ <br />--"'....: ~ - <br /> <br />A Navajo sheepherder has finished the daily watering <br />of his flock a~ng the color1Ul sandstone forma- <br />tions of Monument Valley. <br /> <br />The }avaJo Indians have recently begun to recognize the profit po- <br />tential of tourist developments on their reservation. Completion of <br />Navajo Route 1 (U.S. 164) in Septe~ber 1962 opened up the highly scenic <br />northern portion of the reservation for the first t~e. Connecting U.S. <br />89 near Tuba City, Ariz., ~ith U.S. 666 at Shiprock. N. gex., and Cortez, <br />Colo., the nev road quickly proved a boon to tourists and commercial <br />travel in the Southvest. No road now exists from Navajo Route 1 to the <br />south shoreline of Lake Powell, but OLe is plar.ned as explained in Chap- <br />ter VIII. In addition to providir~ access to remote areas for school <br />location purposes, the road would offer direct benefit to the Indians by <br />providing land access to recreation sites pla,~ed to be developed on the <br />lake shore by the r~vaJos. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In addition to resource conservation ~d development work on Ir~i~~ <br />la~d, the Bureau of Indian Affairs assists Indians in other fo~s of <br /> <br />40 <br />