The geology around the Teec Nos Pos chapter, located on the north side of the Carrizo Mountains is different than any other place we had worked on the reservation. The chapter, and the chapter house, are located about two miles west from the Teec Nos Pos Trading Post at the junction of US highways 64 and 160, close to the Four Corners area. It was at Teec Nos Pos where we received our first lesson in Navajo culture. We had made an appointment with a BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs - part of the U.S. Department of the Interior) employee, who happened to also be a Navajo, to meet at 09:00 at the Teec Nos Pos chapter house. When we showed up at the chapter house, it was clear that the word had been put out from their Water Department in Window Rock, that State employees would show up unannounced at various locations of the reservation over the next several months and map their water uses. So nobody was surprised to see us. 09:00 came around, and no BIA employee, 09:30 came around, still no BIA employee, 10:00 came around, still nobody showed up from BIA. At that time, one of the chapter house employees, they all spoke English since most of them had served a stint in the US military, told us, quote: 'You are on Navajo time now. When he shows up, no matter when that will be, that is 09:00' end quote. We realized at that time that 'time is not money'. Not for the Navajo. At 10:30 still nobody showed up so we decided to drive the 26 miles to the BIA offices, located at Shiprock, New Mexico. There, we were told that he (the guy we were supposed to have met at 09:00) had left. Apparently we went past him on the highway without recognizing the BIA truck. Back at the chapter house we finally met him, no mention was made about the time, and he gave us a map of the irrigation uses for the Teec Nos Pos area which he had generated using his GPS (Global Positioning System) and GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping. Our instructions were that we will map the Navajo's water uses. So for the following week we essentially mapped everything over again, using our equipment. When we came to the upper end of the irrigated fields from the wash it appeared that everything was done. Somehow, a sixth sense told us something was afoot, and sure enough, about 100m distant a guy on horseback watched us. He didn't move or didn't say anything. Turned out he was a shepherd and the sheep were browsing through the chaparral and weren't visible. We talked to him and eventually found out that there were some additional irrigation uses around the bend upstream from our position. Getting information from a Navajo is like pulling teeth. They are not very talkative, don't volunteer any information, and one is never sure where their English comprehension ends, or how good their English is in the first place. There are no helpful facial expressions that may give a hint. We worked ourselves further upstream through the brush, and sure enough, there were several small ponds used for irrigation storage and some additional fields. This part of the irrigation had been missed by the BIA employee. BTW, the Navajo don't observe Daylight Savings Time. This picture was taken on 21 October 2003, Sig...,