Stephanie Keith

Leonard Sloan lifts the visor off of his wife Maybelle Sloan at their sheep camp in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. The Sloans have their sheep camp in a remote area that has no water infrastructure that is near to the edge of the Grand Canyon.

A livestock watering hole is seen in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. The Navajo build many earth dams to contain any rainwater that fell. Out of the many earth dams in the area this is the only one with any water left in it.

The Glen Canyon Dam which creates Lake Powell from the Colorado River is seen in Page, Arizona, U.S. September 12, 2020. The Glen Canyon Dam is situated just north of the Navajo Nation.

Sarah Begay walks on her family compound in a remote area of the Bodaway Chapter on the Navajo Nation outside of Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 14, 2020. Navajo traditionally live in compounds with dwelling for extended family members.

Summer Weeks shades her eyes from the sun on Sarah Begay's family compound in a remote area of the Bodaway Chapter on the Navajo Nation outside of Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 14, 2020. Navajo traditionally live in compounds with dwelling for extended family members.

Maybell Sloan, 59, waters her cattle in the morning with her husband, Leonard Sloan, 64, in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. Maybell Sloan cares for the livestock every day since both her parents died from Covid-19 earlier this year. Her parents had formally taken care of the sheep but the responsibility fell to her after their deaths.

A water trough is filled with water in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation near Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 18, 2020. This family lives in a compound with other family members with no running water or electricity and hauls water from the Gap spigot.

Leonard Sloan holds a horny toad against his chest while he says a prayer for rain in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. Maybell Sloan with her husband must haul water out to their livestock several times each week because the area they have their sheep camp no longer has water in the traditional watering holes.

Eugene Boonie, 55, fills his water tank up at the livestock water spigot in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. Due to the lack of water infrastructure and a drought that is drying up traditional watering holes, livestock owners must haul water to their livestock.

Connie John takes her son Calais Chee, 5, to look for pinons near Cameron, Arizona, U.S. September 15, 2020. Pinons are seeds from a pine cone and are considered a delicacy and a traditional food for the Navajo.

Mary Secody, 83, sits in her home in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 16, 2020. Mary Secody lives with electricity and running water now but says she lived without it for most of her life. It was only in the 90's that she got both running water and electricity in her home. She added that she was not born in a hospital but in her parent's hogan without electricity or running water and therefore is not certain of her exact age.

Reohnna Reed, 12, the granddaughter of Mary Secody, 83, carries water from the tap in the kitchen to a pot on top of a wood burning stove in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 16, 2020. Mary Secody lives with electricity and running water now but says she lived without it for most of her life. It was only in the 90's that she got both running water and electricity in her home.

Summer Weeks gives her daughter Ravynn Weeks, 2, a bath in a tub in front of their house in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation near Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. This family lives in a house with no running water or electricity on a family compound with several extended family members also having homes.

Ravynn Weeks, 2, jumps on the blue containers holding water in front of her house in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation near Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. This family lives in a house with no running water or electricity.

Tyson Boone, 16, steps from the back of a truck onto a fence in between two water containers in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation near Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. This family lives in a compound with other family members with no running water or electricity. The water tank in the truck was filled at the Gap livestock water filling spigot and will be used to water their livestock.

Lucille Daniel, 85, pours water into her stove top coffee maker in her home in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation near Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 18, 2020. This family lives in a compound with other family members with no running water but they have electricity.

Maybell Sloan walks with her husband, Leonard Sloan, away from their cattle corral in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Gap, Arizona, U.S. September 17, 2020. Maybell Sloan cares for the livestock every day since both her parents died from Covid-19 earlier this year. Her parents had formally taken care of the sheep but the responsibility fell to her after their deaths. Every livestock owner has a permit and an allotment of sheep head. The Sloans are allowed 280 sheep head.

Maybelle Sloan gives a bottle to her calf at her home in the Bodaway Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Cedar Ridge, Arizona, U.S. September 18, 2020. Once the calf is big enough, she will take it out to the sheep camp with the other cattle.

Leonard Sloan stands in the backyard of his home in the Bodaway Gap Chapter in the Navajo Nation in Cedar Ridge, Arizona, U.S. September 18, 2020. The Sloan's home had both running water and electricity.

People gather at a Navajo meeting and give away in the Bodaway Chapter on the Navajo Nation in Hidden Springs, Arizona, U.S. September 14, 2020. The meeting was called to discuss doing home assessments so that people in need could get home improvements like a bathroom, running water or electricity depending on their need. Aid agencies called One Nation Walking Together and Paza provided canned goods for people to bring home.

Stars and the Milky Way are seen on the Navajo Nation in Hidden Springs, Arizona, U.S. September 13, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith