Sheep Important Asset In Navajo Economy

White -owned sheep of the state are coarse, and the meat quality varies generally superior in quality to the from inferior to choice. The best sheep owned by the Indians. Most sheep on the reservation are found of the sheep raised by Whites are of in the east central part of the reservaSuffolkRambouillet breeding and are tion, in the Ganada and Lukachukai considered good for both meat and area, while the poorer quality animals wool. are found in the more remote areas of At present most of the "Indian" the northern part of the reservation. sheep are owned by the Navajos. Although the Indians have had improvement programs for some time which stress improved breeding, there still are large variations in both the quality and breeding of Indian sheep. Wool varies from very fine to very