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POSITION IN CONCENTRIC SEQUENCE INDICATES PREFERENTIAL VALUE 

 WIDTH OF RING INDICATES PROPORTIONAL ECONOMIC VALUE IN 1955 



OTHER OFF-RESERVATION EMPLOYMENT 



SUPPLEMENTARY 



COMPLEX 66.5% 



PERCENTAGE FIGURES REFER TO TABLE 21. 



(3.4% OF INCOME DERIVED FROM IRREGULAR SOURCES IS NOT SHOWN ABOVE.) 



Chaet 0. — ^The structure of Shonto's modern economy : preferential vs. economic 



value activities. 



the same source in 1952 (Young, 1955, p. 113), although both lamb 

 and wool prices declined markedly in the intervening period. Like- 

 wise, the figure for the Bureau of Indian Affairs payroll (item 7, 

 table 26) probably includes the earnings of non-Navahos as well as 

 Navahos, since B.I.A. payroll records do not show race or tribe. 



Nevertheless, Shonto undoubtedly remains a poor community by 

 modern Navaho standards. At this stage it is still largely beyond 

 the reach of recent economic expansion on the Navaho Reservation. 



