Navajo Cultural Survival

Every culture must face some type of threat or obstacle they have to with stand to stay afloat and continue their traditional style of living. A few obstacles for the Navajo are globalization, weather, and unemployment.
  With the world constantly changing and becoming more advanced through technology and the infrastructure, its harder for some cultures to keep their lifestyle in tact, especially in America. Its harder for some Navajo to stick to the same lifestyle while still getting by making a decent living.
  The weather is something that has always affected the Navajo because of where they live. The Navajo Reservation is located in the Great American Desert and with such little rainfall there it is something that has always affected them. Its extremely hard for them to have a thriving agricultural life in such a barren region. This makes it difficult to have crops to grow and harvest, although they do grow crops, its just hard to have an abundance.
  For the Navajo, they are very limited in employment opportunities. Some of their main resources are livestock and agricultural. But with unemployment rates reaching 48% and an average household income of about $8,000, its forcing them to do something about their lifestyle. They need to have some type of agricultural programs, policies, and conservation program to revitalize the rural economy. This is one of the main factors for driving the Navajo out of the traditional style of living. Its extremely hard for them to have lucrative job opportunities while still maintaining their style of living. This is causing them to have some cultural reconstruction.
Navajo Cultural Survival