The Native Americans were given not only the very best pasture in the whole USA, but the most promising commercial locations too:
Such astonishing generosity...
--
Posted By jules to jules' pics at 6/17/2011 11:42:00 AM
Friday, June 17, 2011
[jules' pics] Bucolic Idyll
Cows rest in the cool shade of a tree on the prime pastureland of the Navajo Nation:
The Native Americans were given not only the very best pasture in the whole USA, but the most promising commercial locations too:
Such astonishing generosity...
--
Posted By jules to jules' pics at 6/17/2011 11:42:00 AM
The Native Americans were given not only the very best pasture in the whole USA, but the most promising commercial locations too:
Such astonishing generosity...
--
Posted By jules to jules' pics at 6/17/2011 11:42:00 AM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
10 comments:
You missed the Navaho generating station and the coal mines
Ah yes, Kaiporowits. The project immortalized in the Ed Abbey classic "The Monkey Wrench Gang".
My words, Ed was a god. I love his old irascible ass.
No question Native Americans were badly mistreated (plus Eli's ongoing point), but the Navajo land is where it always was, unlike many East Coast and California Native American tribes.
Ah, but is it all of the old land or only the worst bit?
This is evergreen (unlike the reservation), and don't forget to watch out for the cobalt next time you pass through there.
You'd rather they got Phoenix? Hmm, excellent idea.
James - As poorly as the native americans have been treated through history, Brian is right that the Navajo Nation pretty much covers their ancestral lands. I don't think much of the "best" lands were withheld, since there really isn't any great amount of "best" lands out there.
Btw, Thanks for the pictures of my old stomping grounds
I thought the Native Americans wandered about a great deal over the centuries.
Stumbled across your blog by following a link.
I've always been struck - when traveling out west - how you always know when you've crossed onto a reservation: It's when you've traveled from beautiful and lush landscape to the most desolate and depressing landscape.
IIRC, the Navajo wandered down to that area of the Southwest around 1600. Mass movements of Native Americans were somewhat constrained by the presence of other tribes, but the Navajo early adoption of horses and sheep gave them an edge over the agricultural Hopi.
Movement in the historical period was probably higher than in previous periods due to adoption of new technologies, epidemics opening up new areas, and forced migration away from white settlement.
Post a Comment