1.   And it is why several Navajo communities, including the one in which Beach lives, have developed programs to encourage younger Navajos to learn to weave.

2.   And it is the reason several Navajo communities have developed programs to encourage younger Navajos to learn the loom.

3.   But Kaibeto, a tiny Navajo community an hour from Page, beckoned.

4.   By now, Hillerman had made friends within the Navajo community.

5.   Hale recently said he is backing off his original plans and now is proposing a slower transfer of many council powers to Navajo communities.

6.   In the past several months, Bodaway and several other Navajo communities have considered or passed resolutions banning or limiting movie filming.

7.   Instead, residents in some Navajo communities save their wrath for movie makers, despite pledges from them to repair damaged land.

8.   Kaibito was no different than other Navajo communities whose youngsters must migrate to nearby bordertowns or larger cities to find work.

9.   That should make for a shorter commute for Lukachukai residents who work in Shiprock, an urban Navajo community visited last year by President Clinton.

10.   The bill passed despite lobbying by some Navajo communities.