I want the people to know that the sheep is my life. I have followed the path of the sheep since I was little, but through time, they have put a reduction on me, and my herd has gotten smaller and smaller. So I wonder now if more reduction will only reduce my chance of ever seeing another way of life. What can they replace it with, if they make a full reduction?
—Goldtooth Begay, Navajo elder
 
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