That is what Nathan Brady did himself. He graduated from Ganado twenty years ago and joined the Navy. But just recently he returned to the reservation although he had been offered a duty station on the island state of Hawaii.
NATHAN BRADY: “I’d rather be out here to see the stars at night, I’d rather be out here to hear the birds chirping. I knew I wanted to come back.”
A lot of young Navajo feel the same. The reservation is far from city life and the economy is lacking, but it is still home. Marden Kinlichee is one of them.
MARDEN KINLICHEE: “I think a lot of kids do want to come back. It’s just that if they come back, then they’re going to be stuck at home not working.”
But Marden Kinlichee has a plan for her return. She just graduated from Ganado High School and leaves for New Mexico in August. She plans to study nursing at the University of New Mexico, in Gallup. She knows she can find a nursing job near home when she graduates. She says she can help her people that way.
MARDEN KINLICHEE: “That’s how I was raised, to come back and help my grandparents. We need a lot of help out here.”
The Navajo Nation population is getting older. More than sixty-five percent of the population is over eighteen years old. That is up seven percent from ten years ago.
But people in Ganado are not that worried about what many people call the brain drain. They believe the land, culture and language will bring their young back when they are ready.
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