Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. signed legislation to ratify an agreement that seeks to end a long-running land dispute with the Hopi Tribe.
The agreement seeks to ensure Navajo and Hopi tribal members can exercise their religious and traditional rights on land belonging to either tribe. It lifts the 40-year-old "Bennett Freeze" that prohibited construction on disputed land.
The Hopi Tribe still has to approve the deal. It will then go to the Interior Department and a federal judge for final review.
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aSenate Bill:
Navajo-Hopi
Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 (S.1003)
Relevant Documents:
Hearing
Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on S. 1003, Navajo-Hopi Land
Settlement Amendments of 2005 (July 20, 2005)
Relevant Links:
Hopi Tribe - http://www.hopi.nsn.us
Navajo
Nation - http://www.navajo.org
Black
Mesa Indigenous Support, Navajo family support site - http://www.blackmesais.org
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