There simple are no jobs. Prejudice toward the Navajo runs strong in some Anglo owned businesses in Gallup. Those who do find work are hired part time with no benefits. The Welfare Reform Act is making it more difficult. To work for the Navajo Nation means that the Chapter hires you for 10 or 20 days or until the money is gone.
Wages are below the minimum.
I finally arrived in Zambezi, Zambia. The trip from Lusaka took sixteen hours by car. The first day we stopped after 8 hours in Solwezi. The weather was really hot and we were given about a cup of water to wash our hands, face and legs because the whole of Solwezi had been without water for 15 days. The tar road stopped about one mile out of Solwezi.