The impact of power developments on the Navajo Nation

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:7253976

Robbins, L A

This bulletin provides the general background for a study of the impact of energy-related developments on the Navajo Nation. The coal deposits on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations play a crucial role in providing electrical energy for Arizona and southern California urban centers. The Navajo economy is underdeveloped in comparison to national economic averages for income, commerce, production, retail and wholesale businesses, education, housing, transportation, and health. Navajo employment is confined largely to the provision of services rather than to production and commerce. It is concluded that impacts of energy-related industries now operating on the Navajo Reservation will not substantially aid the Navajo Nation in its attempt to raise the Navajo standard of living to the national average. Comparisons are made between the Navajos and the residents of Appalachia to show that while the respective economic and social position of these two resource-rich populations are very different, their general standards of living are broadly similar.

• Research Organization: Lake Powell Research Project, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7253976
• Report Number(s): PB-261746; Bull-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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