Analyzing the lack of economic development on the Navajo Reservation, this article suggests that the fact that jobs in the service sector are the most common and secure has important consequence for career aspirations of young Indians, how Indians and non-Indians think of Indians, and problems of economic development. (JC)

Divided into three sections, this research bulletin presents: (1) a brief review of changes in the American Indian mortality and fertility rates, illustrating a transition process much like that experienced by developing nations; (2) an analysis of variations in the social and economic organization of different parts of the Navajo Reservation; (3)…

Exploring the variations in economic status on the Navajo Reservation, this article maintains that regional differences prevent the validity of speaking in terms of "the Navajos." (JC)

In this paper, population changes of 2 Southwestern American Indian tribes, the Navajos and the Hopis, are compared and it is suggested that the differences are accounted for both by Federal policy as it has effected each reservation's loss or acquisition land and, to a lesser degree, by the living arrangements of each tribe. (Author/KM)

Concerned with historical patterns and with comparisons from one area to another, this report traced the growth of the Navajo and Hopi populations over the past 100 years (1870-1970). Data on fertility, mortality, and migration were obtained from the: Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Public Health Service Office of Vital…