The life of the Indians of Arizona after the "frost Bennett" Bashny.Net

The decree, issued by the commission for indigenous people Robert Bennett in 1966 prohibited any development in an area of ​​647 acres in northern Arizona, which has become a real bone of contention between the people of the Navajo and Hopi. This dispute was named "Bennett Freeze". According to this decree, the tribe could not build roads or schools and to conduct themselves water and electricity. '43 After "freezing" over - President Barack Obama signed a document abolishing the decree Bennett ... What happened to these forgotten people and their land?

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2. Larry Gordy lead their children here (picture 6-year-old Tlaashchi) to tell them about the land, which was not suitable for life because of the "frost Bennett." "Now that it was over, we want to come back here and start arrangement, - he says. - We are like sheep, which the shepherd kept locked up for a long time, and then let out to pasture, and the sheep do not know what to do next. So we ". (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)



3. Every day children Almeida their way early in the morning when it is still dark, to the house of his grandmother, where they can brush your teeth and eat breakfast in a hurry. The photo of Julio Almeida waiting for their turn to brush your teeth.



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5. 8-year-old Julio Almeida jumps from the roof of one of the sheds in the backyard. He lives with his mother and five siblings in a trailer near the town of Tuba, Arizona. In the trailer there is electricity.



6. Irene George (right) with his grandson Ilandrikom Begeem in celebration of his birthday. Irene says that the family - this is what "keeps us together, in spite of everything."



7. Larry Gordy unload logs from his trailer in Cameron, Arizona. His family was forced to leave his ranch in the country after the "Bennett Freeze" in 1966, which prohibited the residents also conduct electricity.



8. The 52-year-old Vera Redel lives in a trailer in the parking lot in the town of Tuba for six years, often it has no gas to include at least a heater. The lower part of her body is completely paralyzed, so that each day comes to her social worker - bring food and make duck.



9. About a third of the inhabitants of the territory, subjected to "freeze Bennett" get bottled water, and the rest collect water from the same wells and drinking bowls where drinking their livestock. In such water there are bacteria and urine. Many residents began lung problems due to improper ventilation.



10. Now that the land is free, Larry Gordy hopes to rebuild his house and move here with his family, including 8-year-old daughter Nizhuni (pictured). He says that this spring will begin to cultivate the field.



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