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not speak English. His duties and role in the trading post are de- 

 scribed on pp. 163-164. 



During late spring, the store puts on one or two extra Navaho help- 

 ers, for a period of from 4 to 6 weeks, to sack wool. Four or five 

 herders are employed for one month during the fall for the annual 

 lamb drive to the railroad (see "Commodity Exchange," pp. 1Y2-175), 

 receiving $5 a day plus their keep. Personnel hired during lamb and 

 wool seasons varies considerably from year to year, the only qualifica- 

 tion being able-bodiedness. Older and unacculturated men are pre- 

 ferred as sheepherders. Very commonly, such temporary employment 

 is reserved, if possible, for persons owing delinquent accounts, as a 

 means of settling them. 



Navajo National Monument (Betatakin) employs a seasonal ranger 

 and a seasonal laborer during the tourist season (6-7 months) each 

 year. Each earns approximately $2,000 during a normal year. The 

 National Park Ser^dce does not have an agreement guaranteeing 

 prior rights to these jobs to Navahos; they are theoretically open to 

 all qualified applicants. In practice, as might be expected, all sea- 

 sonal and temporary employees at Betatakin have been Navahos. 

 The two seasonal jobs have been occupied for the past 7 years by the 

 same two individuals. The ranger, who conducts tourist parties 

 through the Betatakin cliff dwelling, is required to speak fluent Eng- 

 lish. Betatakin's regular seasonal laborer does not speak English. 



From time to time during the busy season Betatakin hires additional 

 labor, on a day-to-day basis, as needed for special construction and 

 maintenance jobs. Earnings average $10 a day. Such employment 

 has in practice been the exclusive prerogative of half a dozen men, all 

 of whom live close to the monument headquarters and are closely 

 related to the two regular seasonal employees (see "Control of Re- 

 sources," p. 98). 



Occasional services to "Anglos" provide Shonto with small amounts 

 of extra income from time to time. The tribal councilman and three 

 of his kinsmen who regularly assist him are believed to earn about 

 $1,000 annually from guided pack trips to Keet Seel cliff dwelling in 

 Tsegi Canyon. Such trips are run as a sort of concession from 

 Navajo National Monument, which makes the necessary arrangements 

 on behalf of visitors. They involve a 22-mile, all-day ride, at a charge 

 of $5.00 per horse plus $10.00 for the guide. 



One man regularly cuts and hauls firewood for Shonto Trading 

 Post, earning about $75 a year thereby. He receives $5.00 (in trade) 

 per cut wagonload. Another man supplies the store with lawn 

 fertilizer from his corral. Digging out cars and trucks which are 

 stuck in sand or mud is a common source of pocket money, especially 

 during the summer when both roads to Shonto often become buried 

 under drifting sand. 



