TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN
LANDS BETWEEN THE HOPI AND NAVAJO
INDIAN TRIBES

COMMITTEE ON IFT DIVISO

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 4281

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN LANDS BETWEEN THE
HOPI AND NAVAJO INDIAN TRIBES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC
MAY 8, 1986

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COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

STANLEY SCOVILLE, Staff Director and Counsel
ROY JONES, Associate Staff Director and Counsel
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel
FRANKLIN DUCHENEAUX, Counsel on Indian Affairs
ALEX T. SKIBINE, Deputy Counsel on Indian Affairs
DEBORAH ANN BROKEN ROPE, Staff Assistant
ANGELA M. McCoy, Secretary

RICHARD A. AGNEW, Chief Minority Counsel

GREGG A. HOUTZ, Minority Counsel on Indian Affairs

Swimmer, Hon. Ross, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Depart-

ment of the Interior..

41, 92

Zah, Peterson, chairman, Navajo Tribal Council.

45, 96

APPENDIX

Additional material submitted for the hearing record from:

Hon. John McCain, a U.S. Representative from the State of Arizona; and

member, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Letter from Rich-

ard C. Morris, to Hon. John McCain, dated May 7, 1986, enclosing a

memorandum regarding the Navajo and Hopi Land Settlement Act........

U.S. Department of the Interior: Prepared statement of Hon. Ross Swim-
mer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs...........

Navajo Tribal Council:

1. Prepared statement of Peterson Zah, chairman

2. Exhibit A: Resolution of the Advisory Committee of the Navajo

Tribal Council.

109

3. Exhibit B: Maps of Navajo Indian Reservation and relocation lands

selected.....

134

4. Exhibit C: Resolution of the Navajo Tribal Council.

143

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96

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Hopi Tribe: Prepared statement of Ivan Sidney, chairman.

192

Peabody Holding Co., Inc.: Letter from Chris Farrand, vice president, to

Chairman Udall, dated May 7, 1986, transmitting comments concerning

section 7, of H.R. 4281

210

Additional statements and correspondence were also received from:

Resolution of the Navajo Tribal Council

212

U.S. Department of the Interior: Letter from Hon. Ross Swimmer, Assist-
ant Secretary, to Peterson Zah, chairman, Navajo Tribal Council, dated
June 4, 1986, responding to your letter of May 14, 1986.

Letter from Ason Tapah Max, to Chairman Udall, dated July 13, 1986,

expressing concern over relocation.

222

223

Letter from Geneviene Greyeyes, to Chairman Udall, dated July 14, 1986,

requesting your help in resolving the relocation issue.

224

Letter from Ram Herder, to Chairman Udall, dated July 15, 1986, stating

opposition to relocation

225

Desert Southwest Annual Conference: Resolution regarding the Navajo/

Hopi Land Settlement Act....

226

Hon. Ronald V. Dellums, a U.S. Representative from the State of Califor-

nia: Letter to Chairman Udall, dated April 22, 1986, thanking you for

introduction of the Hopi/Navajo Land Settlement Act of 1986.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:

227

1. Letter from Chairman Udall, to Hon. Ronald V. Dellums, dated

May 15, 1986, responding to your letter of April 22, 1986.