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SHONTO: ROLE OF NAVAHO TRADER 



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FiGUKE 2. — Shonto community center. 



on hand-to-mouth supply. Wliile railroad labor was booming in other 

 parts of the reservation, Rorick did not apply for a claims agency, 

 and Shonto's able-bodied men were forced to find their own jobs, 

 mostly at the Navajo Ordnance Depot near Flagstaff. 



At the time when Shonto was bought by its present owners the 

 business was still dependent chiefly on wool and rugs, plus whatever 

 surplus cash was brought or sent home from time to time by workers 



