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>http://www.azcentral.com/news/navahopi/timeline1.shtml
>
>Chronology
>The Arizona Republic
>Jan. 30, 2000
>
>1882: An executive order by President Chester A. Arthur sets aside about 2.5
>million acres in northeastern Arizona for the Hopis and "other Indians" who
>might be settled there by the secretary of the Interior. The land centers on
>the mesas of the village-dwelling Hopis, but includes areas occupied by
>scattered Navajo sheepherders.
>
>1900: Charles Burton, Indian agent to the Hopis, reports that Navajos "have
>been allowed to encroach upon the Hopi Reservation for years, taking
>possession of the best watering places, best farming, and best pasture land.
>. . ."
>
>1925: Two reports show Washington's ambivalence about the land dispute. An
>agent expresses frustration that Hopi tradition holds its people to the
>mesas. ". . . This, to a large degree, explains why they have not prospered
>parallel to their neighbors, the Navajos."
>
>But the same agent later reports that new Hopi interest in lands beyond the
>mesas has brought them into conflict with Navajos. "Something will have to
>be done to protect them in doing this and, at the same time, make the
>Navajos understand they must keep within proper limits. . . ."
>
>1926: Washington's vacillation continues. Indian Commissioner Charles Burke
>writes that Navajos' rights to the 1882 reservation "must be carefully
>considered," and adds that any attempt to evict Navajos would create
>hardships.
>
>1930s-1940s: Federal officials act to reduce overgrazing by Navajos and
>Hopis. Within the 1882 reservation, they establish the 650,000-acre Grazing
>District Six for exclusive Hopi use. Some Navajo families are forced to
>relocate twice as the boundary is drawn and later expanded. The remaining
>1.8 million acres of the 1882 reservation are occupied by Navajos.
>
>1958: Congress authorizes a lawsuit to determine ownership of the 1882
>reservation.
>
>1962: A special three-judge federal court rules that the Navajos and Hopis
>are joint and equal owners of the 1.8 million acres. This acreage becomes
>known as the Joint Use Area.
>
>1974: Congress passes legislation to partition the Joint Use Area and
>relocate those living on the "wrong side" of the partition line. About 100
>Hopis and nearly 14,000 Navajos will have to relocate.
>
>1991: After a Navajo lawsuit challenges relocation as a violation of
>Navajos' constitutional right to freedom of religion, a federal Appeals
>Court initiates intertribal negotiations.
>
>1996: Navajo and Hopi negotiators reach an "accommodation agreement" to
>allow Navajos to remain on Hopi Partition Land if they sign a lease that
>acknowledges Hopi jurisdiction. Many Navajos accept the agreement. Some do
>not.
>
>Feb. 1, 2000: Navajos living on Hopi Partition Land who have not signed an
>accommodation agreement are subject to eviction. Hopi leaders pledge to
>allow federal officials to pursue eviction in the courts. That process could
>take a year or more and could produce an order for federal marshals to
>remove Navajos.
>
>* * *
>Jerry Kammer can be reached at (602) 444-8185, or at
>jerry.kammer@arizonarepublic.com.
 

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