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Story October 4, 1961

Navajo Times

Window Rock, Apache County, Arizona

What is this article about?

Bilingual Navajo-English story about Hosteen Nez, a farm worker living in a hogan, who needs a Social Security card but finds no local office and heads to the Trading Post.

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Hosteen Nez . . . Social Security News

HOSTIIN NÉÉZ NAANISH BINAALTSOOS BEEHAZLII'

Hostiin Neez daake tahqoo naalnish
D'aake tahgoo ndaalnishigii naaltsoos bikehgo
Naanishigli beedaholqego banahazaggo ate
Hostiin Neez dóó bizdani bihooghan bighahdi
Social security office ádin
Hostiin Nééz naalnish do social security office' ádin
Hostiin Nééz Naalyehé Bahooghango iiya

HOSTEEN NEZ GETS A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD

Hosteen Nez works on a farm.
A farmhand must have a social security card.
There is no social security office near the hogan that Hosteen Nez and his wife live in.
Where Hosteen Nez works there is no social security office.
Hosteen Nez went to the Trading Post.

What sub-type of article is it?

Biography

What themes does it cover?

Triumph

What keywords are associated?

Social Security Card Navajo Farm Worker Trading Post Hogan Life

What entities or persons were involved?

Hosteen Nez

Where did it happen?

Hogan, Farm, Trading Post

Story Details

Key Persons

Hosteen Nez

Location

Hogan, Farm, Trading Post

Story Details

Hosteen Nez, a farm worker living in a hogan with his wife, needs a Social Security card but no office is nearby at home or work, so he goes to the Trading Post.

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