in coopera2 pastors and If of the Navajo and our Conference Board of Global Mi of adjoining states and the Nazfor in the area, advocate with and on a just settle ant of this issue, and; wweɔ that the Dasem Southwest Annual Confe me encourage local bars to study the issue and a Bless their congressional repre ves. ike to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the introductise pi/Navajo Land Settlement Act of 1986. e 232,000 "e The introduction of this legis a signifies the failure of Public Law 93-531. ict we now have the opportunity to examine what was wrought by Congress in passing the Act of 1974. take an historical look backwards and a cautious look forward. rized and It is obvious from the evidence of those twelve years that the relocation of in government and private agencies. could conceivably rotate between social programs for years to come. The and its actual effect may take years to assess. It is in With this much evidence available to us now, we must look to the future in a POINTS OF CONSIDERATION: 1. ?. Given the failure of the United States government to carry out its Under your prosposed legislation, the residents of the Joint Use Area ld SUBJECT: NAVAJO/HOPI LAND SETTLEMENT ACT WHEREAS the unity we find in Christ recognizes that "we are neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female", and; WHEREAS our Social Principles (1980) read "The conditions of Indian people continue to deteriorate on a national and international level through the genocidal policies of various governments and regimes in the Western Hemisphere, through land and resource acquisition by multinational corporations, sterilization, mass murder, and the denial of religious freedom." and; WHEREAS the Navajo/Hopi Land Settlement Act (P.L. 93-531) passed by Congress in 1974 has caused grave hardship among the 13,000 Navajo people dislocated from their land and threatens the traditional lifestyle of both the Navajo and Hopi people, and; WHEREAS the settlement act is significantly motivated by economic gains by energy production firms seeking easier access to coal and uranium, and; WHEREAS the government has failed to provide promised land for relocation and has forced Navajo people into non-traditional lifestyles in Gallup and Flagstaff leading to many cases of destitution, Hopi lifestyles are equally threatened, and; WHEREAS attempts have been made to soften the impact by involving the B.I.A. in relocation procedures, and most recently by the introduction of Public Law 96305 by Morris Udahl, but these attempts do not address the whole problem. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Desert Southwest Annual Conference calls upon the Congress of the U.S. to repeal the Land Settlement Act (P.L. 93-531), and; 5D IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we notify the congressional representatives and Senators representing the people within the bounds of the Annual Conference of our position, and; BE UT FURTHER RESOLVED that our Conference Board of Global Mir in coopera and pastors and of the Navajo and SE IT FURIER RESOLVED that the Dasar Southwest Annual Confie mice encourage local church members to study the issue and dress their congressional representatives. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the introduction of It is obvious from the evidence of those twelve years that the relocation of With this much evidence available to us now, we must look to the future in a POINTS OF CONSIDERATION: 1. ?. Given the failure of the United States government to carry out its a resolution and to accept responsibility for resolving the process of Under your prosposed legislation, the residents of the Joint Use Area |