Everyday Life of Native American Reservations in Arizona From The 1970s

In the 1970s, Environmental Protection Agency commissioned, Photographer Terry Eiler to document how much the nationals growing environmental concern were impacting the Navajo community — a society that was often missed on the country’s radar. He also documented the everyday life of the native community.

Eiler’s photographs also revealed the who valued kinship and who had one noble — and seemingly simple — goal: the protection of a deeply-rooted culture. But it’s also clear that Eiler found long-perpetuated hardships and decisive resistance to most of modernity. Their standards of living were low and many of the Navajo families were struggling hard to make ends meet. The Navajo miners worked in dangerous conditions and for very low wages.

#1 A man rides a mule train into the Grand Canyon near Peach Springs, Arizona.

3 Points

Upvote Downvote

#2 Navajo children examine their family truck in Red Rock, Arizona.

3 Points

Upvote Downvote

#3 Navajo women weave rugs at the Hubbel Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona.

2 Points

Upvote Downvote

#4 A woman weaves a rug at the Hubbard Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

2 Points

Upvote Downvote

#5 Children sell beads on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

2 Points

Upvote Downvote

#6 Children ride a horse in the village of Supai, Arizona.

2 Points

Upvote Downvote

#7 A sign damaged by tourists in Havasupai country.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#8 Havasupai teachers receive training in reading and language instruction in the village of Supai, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#9 A Navajo woman near Shiprock, New Mexico.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#10 A Navajo man plows his garden in Shiprock, New Mexico.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#11 Navajo people ride into the town of Window Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#12 Men walk through a dust storm in Shiprock, New Mexico.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#13 Navajo people in the town of Window Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#14 A Navajo man in the town of Window Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#15 Havasu Falls, near the village of Supai, Arizona in the Grand Canyon.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#16 A tourist swims in Havasu Creek near Supai, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#17 Children in the village of Supai, Arizona in the Grand Canyon.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#18 Hank Talman’s home in Red Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#19 Navajo Hank Talman’s home in Red Rock, Arizona has neither electricity nor running water.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#20 The town of Moenkopi, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#21 A man and woman on the Navajo Reservation in Coconino county, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#22 The village of Supai, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#23 A Havasupai man rides into the Grand Canyon on the way to the village of Supai, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#24 A veterans’ cemetery in Window Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#25 Navajo children play in the sand behind new housing under construction.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#26 A Navajo community in Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#27 Children on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#28 A Navajo man who was injured in a coal mine near Black Mesa, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#29 A Navajo shepherd near Four Corners, Utah.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#30 A woman swims in Havasu Creek.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#31 Children play on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#32 A Navajo father and children in Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#33 A young Navajo rides a motorcycle in Window Rock, Arizona.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#34 Havasu Falls, near the village of Supai, Arizona in the Grand Canyon.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#35 A sheep paddock in the Navajo Reservation in Coconino county, Arizona.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#36 Men ride into the Grand Canyon on the way to the village of Supai, Arizona.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#37 Tourists bath beneath Havasu Falls.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote