The Navajo-Hopi Dispute - partition of surface rights of the Navajo Reservation between the Hopi and Navajo Tribes, 1973-01-01 - 1974-12-31

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 9

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_9a_0010

Staff Only

The text describes the Navajo-Hopi dispute, which revolves around the question of who has the right to use and occupy certain lands in Arizona. The Hopi claim that the Navajo are encroaching on their ancestral lands, while the Navajo claim that the Hopi are preventing them from using lands that they are entitled to. The text outlines a proposed resolution to the dispute, which would involve dividing the disputed lands equally between the two Tribes.