I was going to ask why are they so poor? No jobs?
The desert often isn't the land of the fruitfulness, but I'm wondering why this tribe is so poor. Can someone tell us?
In AK, the natives get quite a bit from the gov't. monthly, from what I understand. Maybe that is all relative, though. "Quite a bit" to one person isn't the other person's "quite a bit" (esp. with a quilting habit, huh?)