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government in bringing up the standard of living on the reservation. But Dr. Eddie Brown (ph),
formally Assistant Secretary of the interior for Indian affairs during parts of the Bush and Clinton
administrations, is not ready to dismiss tribal government's effort as hopeless. Brown says the Navajo
can rise to the occasion and adapt to a new environment.
DR. EDDIE BROWN, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR FOR INDIAN
AFFAIRS: Clearly things are changing. Tribes are understanding and realizing that they need economic
development on reservation and that there's a certain trade-off.
Like any culture, no culture is stagnant. Certainly when you look at Navajos and you look at the
sheep and you look at the jewelry and you look at the dress, that is all identified as traditional, we
know that that was strongly influenced by the Spaniards. Pickup trucks -- pickup trucks are now
becoming Indian animal or an Indian machine that works for Indian people. I think this will continue
to happen.
And as Navajos have to decide, do we want coal mining on our --strip mining on our reservation or
do we not want jobs? And, you know, there are trade-offs that are continually going to have to be
made that are very tough but that I think the Navajos have showed a great deal of courage and great
deal of foresight of saying: we want to take on the responsibility of caring for our Navajo citizens.
DRUMMOND: By taking over control of welfare programs on the reservation, the Navajo nation
hopes to take the biggest step so far in asserting its sovereignty. But many of the thousands of aid
recipients are more concerned with reliably receiving their benefits than with the political symbolism of
Indian self-government.
Reporting for NPR News, I'm William Drummond.
EDWARDS: Welfare Reform on the Navajo Reservation was produced at the studios of member
station KNAU in Flagstaff, Arizona by Cindy Carpion (ph) and Cruz Begay (ph) and engineered by
Dave Reek (ph). The series was edited by Peggy Gershman (ph).
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