About 8 hours away from Southern California, there is an area in Arizona that has been affected by something called the “Bennett Freeze.” For more than 40 years, restrictions for residents in this area have been barred from making improvements and repairs to their homes and property as well as infrastructure (such as roads or electricity) to their community. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Robert Bennett, placed the “freeze” in 1966 as a ...
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The vision of John van Eyk, a physical therapist who lives on the reservation, is slowly becoming a reality. The home (which was acquired through incredible circumstances) has been transformed from a rundown inhospitable abandoned room to soon-to-be-completed Navajo Youth center. Van Eyk and all of us at Project Pueblo are convinced that this youth center will change and save lives. The center will serve as a safe place for youths in this area to hang out, study...
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