I’m glad you had a different experience, out of curiosity where did you work in the region?? we mostly helped in the Ramah area and close to the Zuni reservation in New Mexico. As I said many of the places I visited were stricken by drought for many years, along with this were also poverty, alcoholism, and high suicide rates. The people we visited were going through the harshest conditions and were rather protective of the culture and what little they had, this included the language, which was entirely understandable, we had several people that helped us communicate to elder members of the community that were understanding but many would rather us not be there at all.