DILKON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Felix Ashley\u2019s red Toyota sends a plume of dust billowing along the sloping hills and boulders he traverses hours every week to pump water \u2013 the same roadway voters walk miles every four years to cast their ballots in presidential elections. Here on this forgotten swath of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the United States, hardship is embedded into day-to-day life. Nearly a third of homes like Ashley\u2019s still don\u2019t have running water. Soaring unemployment and poverty has pushed young Navajos, including most of Ashley\u2019s children, to leave their sacred lands in search of jobs. Logistical and legal obstacles have long stood in the way of Arizona\u2019s 420,000 Native citizens casting their vote. \u201cPeople lose trust in the government and they don\u2019t… <\/p>\n
DILKON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Felix Ashley\u2019s red Toyota sends a plume of dust billowing along the sloping hills and boulders he traverses hours every week to pump water \u2013 the same roadway voters walk miles every four years to cast their ballots in presidential elections. Here on this forgotten swath of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the United States, hardship is embedded into day-to-day life. Nearly a third of homes like Ashley\u2019s still don\u2019t have running water. Soaring unemployment and poverty has pushed young Navajos, including most of Ashley\u2019s children, to leave their sacred lands in search of jobs. Logistical and legal obstacles have long stood in the way of Arizona\u2019s 420,000 Native citizens casting their vote. \u201cPeople lose trust in the government and they don\u2019t... <\/p>\n