JoAnn Yazzi-Pioche, the president of the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, says the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam brought jobs, but she doesn't know if the dam has helped or hurt her people.
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah — JoAnn Yazzi-Pioche was very young when Lake Powell was created, and she knew people living down in the canyons who were forced to leave when the lake was filled.
Yazzi-Pioche, now the president of the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, says the construction of the dam brought jobs to many Native Americans. While natives never would have built the dam themselves, their communities have been depending on it now for decades and don't know what life would look like if it was torn down.
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