Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Arizona
- Date: December 22, 1974
Article abstract: This act was designed to settle land disputes between the Hopi and Navajo; it triggered tremendous controversy surrounding the removal and relocation of several thousand Navajos.
The Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act was enacted by Congress in 1974 primarily to clarify rights of the Navajo and Hopi tribes in the 1882 “Executive Order Reservation” established by President Chester A. Arthur. This executive order set aside 2,472,095 acres “for the use and occupancy of the Moqui [Hopi] and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may...
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