Monday, June 25, 2018

NAVAJO NATION - Hopes and Dreams

"How off-the-grid Navajo residents are getting running water" PBS NewsHour 6/20/2018

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SUMMARY:  Lack of access to running water is an issue in many developing countries, but it is also a problem in the United States.  Nearly 40 percent of the homes in the Navajo Nation lack running water or sanitation, and many are in such remote areas that they will never be able to connect to a water line.  Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on new efforts to bring them basic amenities.

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"Utah’s Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources" PBS NewsHour 6/21/2018

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SUMMARY:  There is a heated battle in one Utah county over voting district lines and the effect on Native American representation.  Last year, a federal judge ruled that the districts had been gerrymandered by lumping the Navajo into a single bloc, drawing angry reaction from some.  Special correspondent Tommy Brookbank from the University of Southern California's Annenberg Rural Reporting Initiative reports.

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