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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

1. The Navajo-Hopi Land Commission hereby affirms the selection made on April 28, 1982 of 35,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands within the Paragon Resources Ranch in New Mexico.

2. The Navajo-Hopi Land Commission hereby selects for acquisition 08 transfer under Public Law 96-305, the lands in Arizona designated on the attached mapa marked Exhibit A, B and C for the benefit of Navajo population residing in the Hopi Partitioned Land of the former Joint Use Area.

3. The Navajo Nation hereby reserves the right to substitute other lands for those selected as may be convenient or necessary in the process of acquisition or to aid negotiation with the Hopi Tribe.

4. The Navajo-Hopi Land Commission hereby requests the Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council to forward the final selection to the Bureau of Land Management and the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission and further requests such agencies to immediately take appropriate steps to transfer those lands described herein, including the Paragon Resource Ranch.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly considered by the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission of the Navajo Tribal Council at which a quorum was present and that same was passed by vote of

opposed, this 24th day of

in

favors and 1983.

Presiding Chairman