[Fido969]

Been down so long it looks like up to me.

[fishtank]

“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.”

Sorry. I b@rf when I hear phrases like that.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

And with half of the Navajo Nation's work force unemployed long before this latest recession hit, there's not much fear the job situation could get much worse on the reservation.

Pointless article then.

[posterchild]

The 31-year-old Gamble lives in a home without water and electricity, and grows crops and raises animals by choice, but he still has a cell phone and Internet access and numerous jobs to earn money.

Come on journalists - dig a bit deeper. Either he has electricity via cell phone batteries being shipped to him every week or so, or he generates it on site.

[OCCASparky]

Having lived in Gallup and Farmington (both NM towns on the border of the Navajo Reservation), I can pretty much say that these are some of the poorest people you’ll ever meet, even WITH government assistance.

[ChocChipCookie]

It would be interesting to know how much of that 50% unemployment rate is due to drug and alcohol addiction.

[Buckeye McFrog]

that’s because residents of Indian Reservations were largely unscathed by prosperity....

[TSgt]

They need to build one of these and then charge $25 for admission, $10 to park, $15 for a shuttle bus ride, $10 for a photo (can't take your own camera on the glass walk) and $5 for a hot dog!

[Hodar]

Their homes are paid for, because the American taxpayer builds them, and gives them to the indians.

HIP, the Housing Improvement Program, is a home repair, renovation and replacement grant program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and federally-recognized Indian tribes for American Indians and Alaska Native individuals and families who have no immediate resource for standard housing. While not an entitlement program, HIP was established under The Snyder Act of 1921 as one of several BIA programs authorized by Congress for the benefit of Indian people.

Link

You know, if your home is paid for by the gov't, and you get goverment assistance for your necessities, and you get free food and clothing - why would you want to work at all? I'm amazed that they only have a 50% unemployment figure.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Hogan, satellite dish, brand new truck.

[Tax-chick]

“Somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we was so poor that we couldn’t tell.”