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of the weaving industry among the Navaho at this time is clearly 

 indicated in table 2.*^* 



Table 2.- 



-Navahos aged 10 years and over in selected gainful occupations, hy 

 sex— 1910 ' 



» Bureau of the Census, 1915, tables 103 and 109. 



The next pertinent detailed compilation of economic data occurred 

 in 1915, when Peter Paquette, then Superintendent of the Navajo 

 Agency, conducted a special census of the Navahos within his juris- 

 diction. The actual area covered in this enumeration comprised less 

 than half of the total reservation area, and the 11,915 Navahos re- 

 ported at this time probably amomited to no more than 40 percent of 

 the total Navaho population in 1915.^^ Insofar as these persons are 

 representative of the total Navaho population, the data in table 3 sug- 

 gest an important trend in the economic status of the Navaho during 

 the period 1890 to 1915. Dividing the total stock valuation by the 

 corresponding population figure in 1915 gives a per capita stock valua- 



Table 3. — Number and value of stock holdings, Navajo Agency jurisdiction — 



1915"^ 



Type and number of stock 



Sheep; 406,316. 

 Goats; 116,202- 

 Cattle; 14,406.. 

 Horses; 26,255.- 

 Burroes; 2,116.. 

 Mules; 435 



Total stock valuation. 



$2, 609 



' Paquette, MS. 



«* The reader should note that the data shown in tables 1 and 3 pertain only to the 

 Navajo Agency population, while those given in table 2 pertain to the entire enumerated 

 Navaho population. In regard to the high proportion of Navaho women reported as en- 

 gaged in gainful occupations, It should be observed that the 1910 census failed to recognize 

 beadwork as a gainful occupation, thus producing relatively low proportions of gainfully 

 employed females in other Indian tribes. 



** Paquette, MS. The Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the 

 year 1915 (table 3) gives the total Navaho population as 30,871. Thus the Navahos 

 included in Paquette's report constituted 38.6 percent of the total estimated Navaho 

 population at this time. 



