i te kaha maringi iho o te huka. Kua kati kē hoki ngā huarahi ki taua wāhi. I konei anō ka tūtaki mātou ki ētahi tamariki tāne, he kiriwhero, o te Whare Wānanga o Flagstaff, I roto i ngā kōrerorero ka puta ake anō i tētahi o ngā tamariki nei, tana pōuri ki te āhua o ngā hāhi i waenga i a rātou, i ngā kiriwhero, o te rīriri o ngā minita i waenga i a rātou anō, tō rātou nohonoho kino, ēnei tū āhua hē rawa. He pō mātou ki tēnei tāone, ao i te Rāhoroi, te rua tekau mā rua o Pepuere, ka rere atu mātou i runga motokā, ki Tuba City i waenga ururua, koraha hoki. Ka mahue atu a Flagstaff tāone, ka mārō tonu atu mātou ki Tuba City ki te tomokanga atu ki te Rāhui tino nui o ngā rāhui katoa, arā, ki te Rāhui Nawaho (Navajo). Hāwhe tonu te Ika a Māui nei ka rite ai te nui ki taua Rāhui. Tekau mā ono miriona eka tōna nui, arā, e rua tekau mā rima mano koēa māero, ā, e whā tekau mā whā koēa māero anake te nui o tā Māui Ika nei. Koinei te tīmatanga atu o tā mātou rere i runga i ngā huarahi o te Nāwaho. I Tuba City ka tūtaki mātou ki ngā kuikuia, korokoroua kiriwhero, ngā kaumātua whiri rawa i ō rātou makawe, ngā kuia, ngā wāhine tangara noa iho ngā makawe; te āhua o taua iwi, āno nei kei te ao tawhito tonu, ahakoa nō te ao hou ngā pueru, ngā kākahu. Ko te reo ko tō ngā tūpuna anō. Ko tōna kaute i tērā tau (1968), hāwhe tonu i tō tātou i tō te Māori o Niu Tīreni nei. Ko ngā kaiwhakahaere i ōna āhuatanga katoa, he Kaunihera-ā-iwi. Ko te Māngai he Heamana, he Tēputi-Heamana me ngā mema e whitu tekau mā whā. Koinei te hunga whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga katoa, i ngā take katoa e pā ana ki te Nāwaho. O ngā iwi kiriwhero katoa o te Tonga-mā-uru, koinei te iwi kaha noa ake ki te kuhu i a ia nei, te kaha ki te kawe i tōna Māoritanga motuhake, ā, ki te whai tonu anō i te mātauranga o te Pākehā. I Window Rock ka kite mātou i te Whare Pāremata o tēnei iwi. I runga atu, ki te nōta o Window Rock, ka haria mātou ki tētahi wāhi aua atu ana ki waenga koraha, ko Many Farms te ingoa, ā, i reira ka kite mātou i te kāreti mō ngā tamariki o te iwi nei, ā, ka mātau mātou he kiriwhero tonu anō te tumuaki o tēnei kāreti. Ka wehe mai mātou i reira ki runga atu anō ki Rough Rock, ā, i reira ka kite mātou i te kura mō ngā tamariki ririki, ā, piki atu the heavy fall of snow that closed off all approaches to this beauty of nature. We met here other university students from Indian Reservations. Quite naturally the students referred to the very poor image of the church in the Reservations, brought about by the open arguments of spiritual leaders, and their uncompromising attitudes towards one another. We spent a night in Flagstaff and then proceeded to Tuba City way out in the desert wastes, on Saturday 22 February. With Flagstaff now behind us we pressed on to Tuba City, the entrance for us into the largest Reservation of all, namely, the Navajo Reservation. The size of the Reservation is about half that of the North Island. It comprises sixteen million acres, that is, 25,000 sq. miles, whereas Maui's Fish is 44,000 sq. miles. Here we began to ride the Navajo highways. In the city itself we met some of the elders, men and women, the former wearing their hair in plaits while the latter just let it hang loose; they gave the impression that they still lived in their primitive state, even though their attire was modern. Their language was still the first language. Their population last year was more than half the total Maori population of New Zealand. Their administrators made up their Tribal Council. This was led by a Chairman and Vice-chairman and 74 other members. They administered the affairs of the Navajo people. Of all the south-western tribes, the Navajo was the most industrious and progressive, holding fast to their language and culture, ever in search of new learning. At Window Rock we saw their Parliament. To the north of Window Rock, miles out in the desert, we were taken to a place called Many Farms, where there was a College for the Navajo children and we learned that the principal of the College was himself an American Indian. We left the College for the Demonstration school of Rough Rock, situated on the other side of a high range, a school for children from Head Start (pre-school) on to primary. We met the principal, a Red Indian, and some of the staff and here we saw a wonderful happening. The very small children were being taught by their own grandparents their own history and their many handcrafts, per medium of their own language, from infancy to the age of eight years when they are introduced to the English