They have their own businesses on the reservation. They have their own festival, the O'odham Tash. They have a Spring Rodeo open to the public. Unlike the Central Valley which is rich in aquatic resources, the Tohono O'odham need to use their limited water sources wisely. The lack of good topsoil makes farming difficult, but not impossible.
People are creative and farm livestock as well as plant crops.
Children and adults must be mindful of the sun and pace themselves accordingly. This means that people must be creative in avoiding the harmful affects of the sun while not letting the sun impair them from meeting their daily responsibilities. We call the children and they do not come. They do not understand how to follow the pace for they have not lived long enough to know that energy is too precious to waste. Look at their faces as they laught and play.