middot~

ObarlloUr amp114 Tampl_ ~olt t)oIa tudJ 011 4tpodi 0 thl tndli

illan lin lIGht ~OOO IIlI4 4000 11amp0 11llt11AZ10 IOlgtttom onr

u pallUo IbIeiIl 111 0lII1 Jva amplid IlclUl2ll OOMU ]hnr 21xlo

WII Nil hi orlJu pan ot ~ naJI IIIMrf4UtrA in I~ g~~

tlIt WlII or thlu Inltl1l1lls alO Shl1AnhlT 1dn1tltlot1vUh tholll

of toM t-11t lhizlamp middotUb1n UIt IIoun4a1oa or tho tNatlUer~t1an

aII4 Jlza uth OMII1 cddl t 10211 1A4 t ~1 r1~ts to Wro 1n all the

at Ntweq UOOOOOO -D4 13000000 aero 1I11~ n ll14lAa 1fIlZt

UIoItkII4I Of on Ulohtl1 4utr OOOll~r7 11 lUOl1 1rT 1111tuI 04Dshy

70U -=tAl 1u lont ItthHa ch_ U bullbull JOlht1011 ot Ihoo

~OOOt ID4 IIIL arllHl1I11 dltiSoll 0( Ule Uon 1I~te 1IIllll( e1ft

euh bU= proJi_to~ 400 t4rtlll wt 1t h II taot t~ tb

nJoel _ U pl10 4cD1J1 _t M poundorcali U CO 1th1 10M n_rshy

Ylll1031 1toDllllDrlbullbull aali oCl1l4 m M takA ooro or w1 th1 IIICh lIcnmAshy

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t ~ RE1XlltCtO AT TgtltE tl(lltIj OOVpoundS

I

L~1yen tWO JuaJou ban lIH1s allou4 111 bullUllraltrl4O

ore Oll ftIl _lIn-ea leoUQIJ gt boa publi0 cIoP1tl 111 SGZllcWl IIDl

lot tblt _u ampl9C11 II Uothd to lhN iIolt DQ p~T14t cradllg fho

044 ==0184 Iaou are raJlros4 8Jl1rt lIod3 ~ then atot1oIJ1n

IAM111 ot Ulo ollrlahill MTO btlll llbHiI 01 Lu 1IodlAllJl ~bellSlns amplid

pa14 tor o~ ot tbd m nh mull Or 1lI Joan lntll 01 tho eon1P

_11 Qa heir b0ilball ThiI railngtoI landa b)al ~tIClU tlgtr be

lIldlo711 IlIA it 10 he OlUT ar 0 gin Ubullbull pQllUUl1 nllot fhe18

- art pr~t1~ll7 tlrtilar oondUlon 1n rholn 14Il~ ~ DC ot U

n naUoD bull

bull pIn ot 111 18porl 1 bero ilTft for OCIITGnlmlltt

tt the 1110 COUlCSll IUne he14 at on IItt1anG( ~ OOlllll1l1loZlllr BltIpound1II1III1oIl Jll) 7 19U thbullbull ItQUall m P1_ntld to t211 oounoll tin n1D1 u14a a put 01 th 011 l011Hln tor QH III JIAk1ae adJUtshyJIfI~ or JlIIlif oClll41t101lamp thrll piUcbaso ot tllIIl 111l1li lul41mptO lIn _4 111 II11tn lind the OIllUloll II rllnlrablo to hIll1ag 20 rAIl OI1rt ot CIIoh 11Ar tOTlHln bo t Dlde for h1= pIlrroo 1 1Ihcm14 11)0 to bn MIn the llM lit hlllt 110 1gt47 oan~ or ~h1 II

~o raUuO tht pglUo dooI1ll 111 tIllUOA

n IIIJli_ OUlco 1- qalh tllb 11oh nr aU_Hen on4 the 4utlG1lU 1n bullbullCklrlq pproPllAUOZl trolll Ooncru Dle404 111 moh _a at H that we OMnOt gott _oll tarlblr 1ZZll amp 1IIlIshyatllZlt1al I ol swnJ7 10 prondeolo to purohuo noh lsIJnOTnIOllh Ushyrod lnnds atoh lllDda print interots lnollldl1lt tlInoiM _111 or r 1TUrs fbr the UN or the IlltUaJII H 18 rq nooaDlndAUoD that 40 111 60 tOTIDmh1PI ot rgtllrcn4 lgtD4 be pw-omed troIII the ILlite ~

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bull bull

I I I

a R c~ ampllltl troxa th lInr )(n1o 0 aI4 Arl SCIIamp LAlI4 OomlJlll7 bull p11~ of hw 0 ~eOO r OM AlIA 1110111lt1 ab lolI4 abull 18 lillY UuJ tor Ua lfoJo oa oat ot ZlUli iluerrn t1 on to 1 tht lfln~o 111 JUlQlIQlh OOlUlt17 alldor Couthorn IIloblo 1(ltIn07 ~bh dll _ i1l1r ~ aol1ropx-utlnft or ~7ampOClOO he 1 Olltmiddot op1n101l aM J~tlshylld 1n AId1l(t flu ~h1 middotlA()lUIt lhJ ~PIOPIJt1ou to bo alltod ot CdegAeTOU IID1 to bo IISlI1t nlmburcablo to tno iloroMllllnt and PId1l ammal17 tnlll oU csl tld lItltao IIInlle-y naw tint veltl by th lb)~o~rl11v troll prolIloUnn tht now Hems to bv on tbll lI1Qroobullbull (nlt1 to bt paId ct tbt l1It~ ot 20 to 50 por CQnt ot IIMt 11 llUmSll tIll shy1gt11 troII thh IOIU AIId Goat lillie an t 11 fI1 t 1 ralyen ropa1 d

Recent a deltlrtioll ot 1110 InltU= WIll Ill iiull1lgton lashy

- laada 0 obtaIned n1allurrabl mill 011 royalths 1111lt1 boZlluu balollgshy

llII to 1w dIM At thl1 til thIN Ild1au h4TW owras1atalT

$tlOOOO 011 upoan on11Bblo tor appropriAtion Il21d bull IDOnth17 lnCC118

ru DePIUt llJ h IIIUtld thltt tlllt 1ll411m1 11014 c4dJI low

lampl1dI ttgt1I6i=lllg hUPoampts 1A orllllr to cont1llDe 011 ot tllIIJ IIIOU

1I01UOU ot~ (port III TI ot ~bll fIlot III1d at_ ltalunt1 _

ab4 Mltla lind IIIOBue 110 IlharGt or tlllrltll4hl obUpUon 111

dno17J1 Ilgt01l I iodltral Gon nn ~llt 1181lIlUon propoied ISIIJ tbt

lRTOYal ot thh lltpartlllOnt It 11 tbtratort 00IrIIIIell4e1l thA i B

16~ or 1amp111 lcelt10n lit fIII7tlraUT oollamp1do1 by 70ffr Oaashy

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A

Ur E B Uerltt

or

HI dear Yr Uerittl

~ preeent Btatu~ or

the bill introduced by Honorable Carl Hayden to appropril1te

dollars to purch e additiollll lands held by the Atchison Topeka and

SHnta 1amp Railroad Company under their grant lying adjacent

- Resorvution is very discouraging

Every ILtvajo Jurisdiction desires to purchaOamp land

it will bo a very difficult matter

will enable the Ottice to make the purchase

purClllSes desired however the moot urCant nftd AS

Crown Point and Southern lIavaJo Jurisdictions

tho dllUltiobullbull~ded between the Covsr1lllsnt Ilnd NawJo Indiana the shy

liavuJoi -lived allltoer this country

thou~Qnd or

tour years

bull

Assistant CO~i8sioner Indian Attairs

lElOltAllDUII

the Navajo land extension proposals and

008 million

to the Navajo

nOtl and I IllI1

very lIIuch afraid that tho llIIIount proposed is 10 creat and umr1eldy that

for you to oocure 18~islatioD which

Without question there i8 tull justification tor all thdifferent

I ee it ia in the

Previous to the time that

I( During the sixties8ome 8V~

them ero taken prisoners and kept Ilt Fort Sumner three or

When they returned they returned to their Cormer habitations

Uost of the HavaJoa who lived south ot the Southarn NaVampJo jurisdiction

1 s~ llJlaquoMltN 3HJLV ~iIyen 1 1 App 441 bullr HrU U t- bullbull

) I I --~--------( -~ ( ~ ----------- )1---------shy

line Mye lind there ull of their livu There ore some of the people

still liYinS who wers prisoners Ilt Fort Sumner

About tour months ago lIr Grubbs living t Allnntavn Adbullbull_ -- shy

bought I 8ection or land on which Navajos were reeiding Thers were tive

ho~n~ on tho lan~ he purcllL18e~ The tirst I heor-d of it vas ampn old

liawjo lady llbout levonty-tive Y8ampr8 old cl1me to Fort Defiance ampnd

pleaded tor me to help her retllin her land She told m it hampd bun

purch4eed by the store-keeper Qnd she hampd livd tiler bullbull11 hor 1itmiddot~nd

Could have to 18ampV8 her hooe it 80mething nent dons I saw lJ- Grubbs

bout thh =~hr and he a~ vsry nice He $lid it they would not disshy

turb him they could liv on it There are a n~ber of such caees I

attach hereto another sale which is about to take placemiddot

The land cnmod by the Santo Fe will grudUfc 11y pltoe out of their

hands as it is tor sale Ilnd unless stepe are taken to purchau it the -timbull ill come whell the Navajos occupying it will hampve to move ott I

haye discussed this InBtter with Chu Dodse and other prominent Indiana

ud we hue come to the conclusion in order to protect our people who to be purehaaed

are 11011 occupying theu land tMt we due ~ho amp0deg11100 tho ount

Or land thampt w are leasing In other wordu purchue the 14nd YO are

now leasing trom the Santa re 178 aI leasing 200000 acre Whil I

have not been able to get any price quotad per acre trom the Santa re

however I it this plan meet 8 with yours and lJr Burke approval( I believe

tllnt th Santa F will thAn quote us a pribullbullbull

The Southern lhvaJ 0 Jurisdiction at the preuent time has Il credit ill

the fund IndiaII Uoneys troceed of lampbor No vajo Ind illns Southern

Navujo (Oil Royalty nnd Leasee) ~pdl e 15211 ot $13325089 Chbullbull

App45

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) I I --~--------( -~ ( ~ ----------- )1---------shy

line Mye lind there ull of their livu There ore some of the people

still liYinS who wers prisoners Ilt Fort Sumner

About tour months ago lIr Grubbs living t Allnntavn Adbullbull_ -- shy

bought I 8ection or land on which Navajos were reeiding Thers were tive

ho~n~ on tho lan~ he purcllL18e~ The tirst I heor-d of it vas ampn old

liawjo lady llbout levonty-tive Y8ampr8 old cl1me to Fort Defiance ampnd

pleaded tor me to help her retllin her land She told m it hampd bun

purch4eed by the store-keeper Qnd she hampd livd tiler bullbull11 hor 1itmiddot~nd

Could have to 18ampV8 her hooe it 80mething nent dons I saw lJ- Grubbs

bout thh =~hr and he a~ vsry nice He $lid it they would not disshy

turb him they could liv on it There are a n~ber of such caees I

attach hereto another sale which is about to take placemiddot

The land cnmod by the Santo Fe will grudUfc 11y pltoe out of their

hands as it is tor sale Ilnd unless stepe are taken to purchau it the -timbull ill come whell the Navajos occupying it will hampve to move ott I

haye discussed this InBtter with Chu Dodse and other prominent Indiana

ud we hue come to the conclusion in order to protect our people who to be purehaaed

are 11011 occupying theu land tMt we due ~ho amp0deg11100 tho ount

Or land thampt w are leasing In other wordu purchue the 14nd YO are

now leasing trom the Santa re 178 aI leasing 200000 acre Whil I

have not been able to get any price quotad per acre trom the Santa re

however I it this plan meet 8 with yours and lJr Burke approval( I believe

tllnt th Santa F will thAn quote us a pribullbullbull

The Southern lhvaJ 0 Jurisdiction at the preuent time has Il credit ill

the fund IndiaII Uoneys troceed of lampbor No vajo Ind illns Southern

Navujo (Oil Royalty nnd Leasee) ~pdl e 15211 ot $13325089 Chbullbull

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1

I

lt11or Dodge Ilnd lome of the other head men ba ve attended all the big Indian

dances that have taken p14ce in thiB jurisdiction this tall and have

tampllced to the Indian~ about the purchau ot thio land and Ur Dodge

informs me that the Indians have 1111 agreed to mnko thia purchase before

all) (IInds be lIud lor any other purpose or tho t this need be p14ced

firat In all pro~b1lity tho 200000 ~crbullbull ~n b purohbullbullbulld lor $100

all acre $100000 IlOW to the credit or the Indians or this Jurisdiction

can be imedilltely applied on the purchase Ilnd the balance in four annual

pJyments or $25000 each This ould pey ror the land in 11 five year

period

Chee Dodampe 1s very anxious to 1II8~ you on your yiit he cnd dieuSA

this catter more rully with YOll

AFDILl ~nc

1I ~ I

1

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St ~ichAelB Arizona

December 9 1921

ho Hon Carl Baydtn Washington DC

lion and dear Sir

I am sorrr that I did not tet to meet you when you passed through Gallup on your way to tashlngton bocause I TIIS verr anxious to apeak to you concern1n our land problem Since ~he appropriation for one IDilllon dollars for the purchase ot lands tor the entire tribe did not go through last January I hue ooncluded that it would be best after all that w work tor our Own Jurisdiotion

The NovaJos l1vlnr ott the Fort Defiance JUrisdiotion to the south as you perjIaps knOt1 hlIO been leasing tor ctlnj rears approxlJuately 200000 aores frail the Santa Fe Railrond and I bali eve the best plan lIOuld be to ask Congress to appropriate annually ~lOOOOO (or the purChase ot these lands until the entire 200000 aores shall have been bought I am sure too that you undsrstand that we are not asldng fOr m~re lands weare 0011- trying to buy with our 0111 money realized irem 011 landS which members ot our tribe hale been OOCUP1ing and using from time immemor1al the NalaJ08 8r~ liv1ng th8r~ lone be ron eny white man over 0 het thon lata on when the Railroad received its ntenSive lard grants in 1872 our people wo were living on these vorl land~ wore not at all considsred Noll tho nallrool 0bullbull is lreparoltl to sell lAreo paroels ot these lands to whoaver can ray therefor and thus there is Illeat danger that a Od deal of the land 11111 slip away trom us middotor this roason I am convinced that dslq or postponement will prove disastrous to us and I must ask you to do whnt you aan tor us 10 that this land problem which is the moat urgent problem oonfronting our tribe at the present tillle be solled and thnt as soon as poible

Uy dear Senator lou hl1ve always been a true friend to us lampvaJo and I know you 11111 be glad to help us 1n this matter lust as you haTe done 8 IItten bofor I eepeiAll appreoiAte you kind and successtul etrorts 1n pucing Exeout lve Ordor Reserlat ion on the same basil as T~aty R888lTltionl and I sball beery thanktul to you for l7hatenr ass stance rgtt1 IIdght renda towards middotthe suecustul 1 ssue of the plan whioh I bav IDOnt10Ded aboTe

Thanking you tor our kind interest 1n our behalf I am Verr sincerely yours

(Sgd) Chee Dodge

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d

1 entir f

I ~ Saint Michaels Arizona

December 10 1927 1

The Hon Chas H Burke (

Washinampton D C MT dear Mr Commissioner-

Lut Tlnuory ~ del~etion oj NavajoIndians came to Iashincton for the purpose of havins n b introduced for the appropriation of one million dollars lIherellith to buy rnllrond nnn other land~ for the tribe After thinkine the mBtter over lie believe it 110 be best to direct our efforts ton~rd the Fort Defiance w ~~ jurisdiction alone The Indilns Hvine south of this lle ltc = Southern (cncy hlvc beer leosinc orproltimatol-y 20000~ $ acres from the Railroad Co for man yeara past and lie sh ldOO ~ nOli like tdask Coneress to appropriate from our oil monit annuoll ~lOOOOOoo Jor the purchase of these lands until ~ J 011 shall have been bought

I have alllays felt that you ~re a true friend to us Indians Imd I lIant to thank you ver71 much for your kind 1I0rds in our behalf when YOll appeared before the Committee and there assisted in placinc the Executive Order IReservations on the same basis as the Treaty Reservation This decision means a Oeat deal to us and lie IIllnt you to mOll I

that lie appreciate yOl~ assistance

This land problem is lIithout doubt the Imost important thine thnt is uorrying us at the present time nd I Ioniident yOl1 lIill aeain be rlld to do lIhatever you can to help us The lands that lie propose to bny you 11111 J understand are not JIlore lands but such liS our people have been 1usinc and occupyinG lone before the lIhite an came to this pnrt of the country nnd many man~ years prcv1ou~ to th~ coming of the railroad ~en the R~ilroad nas built in 182 what did the Government do It made vast Brants to the Ral1rond of the3C vcr~ lnnd3 without even tokinc into eongideration our people nho lIere actually livinc there at that time and therefore I believe our OOcrrl~ent 01le9 it to us to IIssist

us in every lIay to purchase these lands and thus solve our most serious problem Even poundrantinc that ne did not e~actlJ need these lands so ~any years ago lie certainly need them nOli and since the Railroad Co is lIillinC to selle ought to buy th1s should be done at once for if wo del~ the nhite man lIill eet ahelld of 11l putt ins this matter off nill therefore only mIlke mIltter~ 1I0rse and lIil1 brinG us into the condition nhere lie lIill need more lands But where shall lie find them

I am lIriting to Senlltor Carl Hayden in ~ this connection also to General Scott nd to Mr D ~ Riordan an old time friend of mine who held the posHion ot Agtnt at Fort Defiance 11 back in 1882 and ~sking them to h~ln us in

bull every 11amp- -~~- l (j- App 48 bull ~MltlCJ~lY~ -J~

gt bullbull011~ bullbull - r 01 t1ll1~S I~s- jI JltE4~~ ~ ~ ~ll~~~~~j_1olJ Ltshy

COl

St ~ichAelB Arizona

December 9 1921

ho Hon Carl Baydtn Washington DC

lion and dear Sir

I am sorrr that I did not tet to meet you when you passed through Gallup on your way to tashlngton bocause I TIIS verr anxious to apeak to you concern1n our land problem Since ~he appropriation for one IDilllon dollars for the purchase ot lands tor the entire tribe did not go through last January I hue ooncluded that it would be best after all that w work tor our Own Jurisdiotion

The NovaJos l1vlnr ott the Fort Defiance JUrisdiotion to the south as you perjIaps knOt1 hlIO been leasing tor ctlnj rears approxlJuately 200000 aores frail the Santa Fe Railrond and I bali eve the best plan lIOuld be to ask Congress to appropriate annually ~lOOOOO (or the purChase ot these lands until the entire 200000 aores shall have been bought I am sure too that you undsrstand that we are not asldng fOr m~re lands weare 0011- trying to buy with our 0111 money realized irem 011 landS which members ot our tribe hale been OOCUP1ing and using from time immemor1al the NalaJ08 8r~ liv1ng th8r~ lone be ron eny white man over 0 het thon lata on when the Railroad received its ntenSive lard grants in 1872 our people wo were living on these vorl land~ wore not at all considsred Noll tho nallrool 0bullbull is lreparoltl to sell lAreo paroels ot these lands to whoaver can ray therefor and thus there is Illeat danger that a Od deal of the land 11111 slip away trom us middotor this roason I am convinced that dslq or postponement will prove disastrous to us and I must ask you to do whnt you aan tor us 10 that this land problem which is the moat urgent problem oonfronting our tribe at the present tillle be solled and thnt as soon as poible

Uy dear Senator lou hl1ve always been a true friend to us lampvaJo and I know you 11111 be glad to help us 1n this matter lust as you haTe done 8 IItten bofor I eepeiAll appreoiAte you kind and successtul etrorts 1n pucing Exeout lve Ordor Reserlat ion on the same basil as T~aty R888lTltionl and I sball beery thanktul to you for l7hatenr ass stance rgtt1 IIdght renda towards middotthe suecustul 1 ssue of the plan whioh I bav IDOnt10Ded aboTe

Thanking you tor our kind interest 1n our behalf I am Verr sincerely yours

(Sgd) Chee Dodge

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d

1 entir f

I ~ Saint Michaels Arizona

December 10 1927 1

The Hon Chas H Burke (

Washinampton D C MT dear Mr Commissioner-

Lut Tlnuory ~ del~etion oj NavajoIndians came to Iashincton for the purpose of havins n b introduced for the appropriation of one million dollars lIherellith to buy rnllrond nnn other land~ for the tribe After thinkine the mBtter over lie believe it 110 be best to direct our efforts ton~rd the Fort Defiance w ~~ jurisdiction alone The Indilns Hvine south of this lle ltc = Southern (cncy hlvc beer leosinc orproltimatol-y 20000~ $ acres from the Railroad Co for man yeara past and lie sh ldOO ~ nOli like tdask Coneress to appropriate from our oil monit annuoll ~lOOOOOoo Jor the purchase of these lands until ~ J 011 shall have been bought

I have alllays felt that you ~re a true friend to us Indians Imd I lIant to thank you ver71 much for your kind 1I0rds in our behalf when YOll appeared before the Committee and there assisted in placinc the Executive Order IReservations on the same basis as the Treaty Reservation This decision means a Oeat deal to us and lie IIllnt you to mOll I

that lie appreciate yOl~ assistance

This land problem is lIithout doubt the Imost important thine thnt is uorrying us at the present time nd I Ioniident yOl1 lIill aeain be rlld to do lIhatever you can to help us The lands that lie propose to bny you 11111 J understand are not JIlore lands but such liS our people have been 1usinc and occupyinG lone before the lIhite an came to this pnrt of the country nnd many man~ years prcv1ou~ to th~ coming of the railroad ~en the R~ilroad nas built in 182 what did the Government do It made vast Brants to the Ral1rond of the3C vcr~ lnnd3 without even tokinc into eongideration our people nho lIere actually livinc there at that time and therefore I believe our OOcrrl~ent 01le9 it to us to IIssist

us in every lIay to purchase these lands and thus solve our most serious problem Even poundrantinc that ne did not e~actlJ need these lands so ~any years ago lie certainly need them nOli and since the Railroad Co is lIillinC to selle ought to buy th1s should be done at once for if wo del~ the nhite man lIill eet ahelld of 11l putt ins this matter off nill therefore only mIlke mIltter~ 1I0rse and lIil1 brinG us into the condition nhere lie lIill need more lands But where shall lie find them

I am lIriting to Senlltor Carl Hayden in ~ this connection also to General Scott nd to Mr D ~ Riordan an old time friend of mine who held the posHion ot Agtnt at Fort Defiance 11 back in 1882 and ~sking them to h~ln us in

bull every 11amp- -~~- l (j- App 48 bull ~MltlCJ~lY~ -J~

gt bullbull011~ bullbull - r 01 t1ll1~S I~s- jI JltE4~~ ~ ~ ~ll~~~~~j_1olJ Ltshy

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d

1 entir f

I ~ Saint Michaels Arizona

December 10 1927 1

The Hon Chas H Burke (

Washinampton D C MT dear Mr Commissioner-

Lut Tlnuory ~ del~etion oj NavajoIndians came to Iashincton for the purpose of havins n b introduced for the appropriation of one million dollars lIherellith to buy rnllrond nnn other land~ for the tribe After thinkine the mBtter over lie believe it 110 be best to direct our efforts ton~rd the Fort Defiance w ~~ jurisdiction alone The Indilns Hvine south of this lle ltc = Southern (cncy hlvc beer leosinc orproltimatol-y 20000~ $ acres from the Railroad Co for man yeara past and lie sh ldOO ~ nOli like tdask Coneress to appropriate from our oil monit annuoll ~lOOOOOoo Jor the purchase of these lands until ~ J 011 shall have been bought

I have alllays felt that you ~re a true friend to us Indians Imd I lIant to thank you ver71 much for your kind 1I0rds in our behalf when YOll appeared before the Committee and there assisted in placinc the Executive Order IReservations on the same basis as the Treaty Reservation This decision means a Oeat deal to us and lie IIllnt you to mOll I

that lie appreciate yOl~ assistance

This land problem is lIithout doubt the Imost important thine thnt is uorrying us at the present time nd I Ioniident yOl1 lIill aeain be rlld to do lIhatever you can to help us The lands that lie propose to bny you 11111 J understand are not JIlore lands but such liS our people have been 1usinc and occupyinG lone before the lIhite an came to this pnrt of the country nnd many man~ years prcv1ou~ to th~ coming of the railroad ~en the R~ilroad nas built in 182 what did the Government do It made vast Brants to the Ral1rond of the3C vcr~ lnnd3 without even tokinc into eongideration our people nho lIere actually livinc there at that time and therefore I believe our OOcrrl~ent 01le9 it to us to IIssist

us in every lIay to purchase these lands and thus solve our most serious problem Even poundrantinc that ne did not e~actlJ need these lands so ~any years ago lie certainly need them nOli and since the Railroad Co is lIillinC to selle ought to buy th1s should be done at once for if wo del~ the nhite man lIill eet ahelld of 11l putt ins this matter off nill therefore only mIlke mIltter~ 1I0rse and lIil1 brinG us into the condition nhere lie lIill need more lands But where shall lie find them

I am lIriting to Senlltor Carl Hayden in ~ this connection also to General Scott nd to Mr D ~ Riordan an old time friend of mine who held the posHion ot Agtnt at Fort Defiance 11 back in 1882 and ~sking them to h~ln us in

bull every 11amp- -~~- l (j- App 48 bull ~MltlCJ~lY~ -J~

gt bullbull011~ bullbull - r 01 t1ll1~S I~s- jI JltE4~~ ~ ~ ~ll~~~~~j_1olJ Ltshy

Ron Chgts H Burke---2

If anlthinc should turn up 11 i th reference to this land purchase and ~ou should think that my presence in l121hinEton Wnllld bJll ~f n~ b~n~rit- l fth~11 be a1 d ~e J Vamp V you advise me Rnd I sh~ll c1ad1y come to ~ashlneton at my onn expense because I want to help our non-Reservation peopleand 11m lnxious to give llhotever informatlon mleht tle necessary to bring the true state of tlffairs before ConGress __

Sincerely thankinc you in advance for our valuable assistance I am

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I ~~ qw middotT

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UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

INDIAN FIELD SERVICE

Eastern Nnvnho A8~ncy Crojl Point lie1 Mex Jan 51928

The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Washington Ji C~

Dear Mr Coltmioeioner

Tho liavaho Tribal Council held h~re at Crown Point July 7th and 8th1927 ent on record favoring a request to Congress for a loan of $1000000 for the pUrchase of land for the severnl Navaho jurisdictions and urgentlY needed by the Indians for their stock andnow occupied ~ by them A year ego a bill roas introduced by Mr Eaydon of Arizona but had no chance of becoming a law at that session

As the succe ss of sllch 11 loon is of vitalmiddot importance to the Public Domllin Indians of this Jurisdiction we Wish to inouirc it a ner bill will be introduced at the present session of Congress Perhaps much opposition will develorshy- against such a bill but if members of tongress once fully understoo d our predicament an d the nace ss1ty for oonstruo1iive protectIon they would give aid Should it be impossible to seClre the entire IlmOlnt at once perhaps the bill could be so wOrded that $200000 per annum could be mde availa~le until the ~lOOOOoO would be used for this purpose

Chee Dodge Chairman of the Na~aho Tribnl Council WI$ ransnny hore and 8tated that he ielt that each jurisdiction should handle their requirerrents seperately and independent of the needs of neiahborina jurisdiction but in my opinionconcerted action is necessary alona tho lines indicated bY the Tribnl Council Would be pleased to receive an

I expression from tho Office as to procedure proposed in this

very important subject as the future depends very largely upon the success in securing title to more land

Very truly yours ( ~-

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or p1trohln ot Ad41Uonal land Mlt1 1Illohr right tor the Ut and bentlt ot Indian ot tht araJo Tllbt ~t a total ooot not to 010lt1 t 12oo000 Whioh 1 hrloT eothoriled) tltl 0 1Ih1oh hampll be taken in the name ot the United 8bt 1n tnut tor the JATaJo Tribe theAl renrs 1928 ~d 1~29 ~200OOO p ~ble tro~ fund on de_ Polt In the Trearurr at the UnIted State to the oredit ot the BaJo TrIbe ProTidalt1 1lIampt In purshyelIaine moh land title _yen be hokan 1n the lt111_

shyoretillioot the Sooretarr ot the Interior tor the 1UltampO onlT

fIro hundred thouand dollar 11 noW available tor the pur_ cha ot land tor the liaJo Indians You are requllited to rubshyamp1t a rtport at the earliet Pobullbullible data a8 to tho total ~b1 ot Indian on the ~bllo domain ~dr 10ur juridiction tor whom ahou14 purohaee 11111dl and the bullbullUrattlt1 ampcroAt needet1 tor thair u Tou are alao requeted 10 report ce to the amount ot the 200000 whioh yenDU blloTo Ihould bo ua~ in lOur Juriet11ction the probable oo~ of the lAM par AOre und Myen oher intormampUon that hculd b turnlhet1 the Ottlee 0 that e will hATe detailedInformation on thi entire ~bJot

You 111 ~dtrtan4 ot course that the enUre amp200000 ampTamp1lshyable 1 not to be u bullbulld under ene juridiction Kach SUperintendent if t iUn pnuallT ah he needa et the lilLnJo Indiana poundOr 1I0re 1amp114 u4 it 11 IlUlllhd thampt In your report rau inolude dzlta which ould ilia l1lab purahamp that hould be lIlIlde 1mmed1Ahl1 tor lOur particular Juridiction

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or p1trohln ot Ad41Uonal land Mlt1 1Illohr right tor the Ut and bentlt ot Indian ot tht araJo Tllbt ~t a total ooot not to 010lt1 t 12oo000 Whioh 1 hrloT eothoriled) tltl 0 1Ih1oh hampll be taken in the name ot the United 8bt 1n tnut tor the JATaJo Tribe theAl renrs 1928 ~d 1~29 ~200OOO p ~ble tro~ fund on de_ Polt In the Trearurr at the UnIted State to the oredit ot the BaJo TrIbe ProTidalt1 1lIampt In purshyelIaine moh land title _yen be hokan 1n the lt111_

shyoretillioot the Sooretarr ot the Interior tor the 1UltampO onlT

fIro hundred thouand dollar 11 noW available tor the pur_ cha ot land tor the liaJo Indians You are requllited to rubshyamp1t a rtport at the earliet Pobullbullible data a8 to tho total ~b1 ot Indian on the ~bllo domain ~dr 10ur juridiction tor whom ahou14 purohaee 11111dl and the bullbullUrattlt1 ampcroAt needet1 tor thair u Tou are alao requeted 10 report ce to the amount ot the 200000 whioh yenDU blloTo Ihould bo ua~ in lOur Juriet11ction the probable oo~ of the lAM par AOre und Myen oher intormampUon that hculd b turnlhet1 the Ottlee 0 that e will hATe detailedInformation on thi entire ~bJot

You 111 ~dtrtan4 ot course that the enUre amp200000 ampTamp1lshyable 1 not to be u bullbulld under ene juridiction Kach SUperintendent if t iUn pnuallT ah he needa et the lilLnJo Indiana poundOr 1I0re 1amp114 u4 it 11 IlUlllhd thampt In your report rau inolude dzlta which ould ilia l1lab purahamp that hould be lIlIlde 1mmed1Ahl1 tor lOur particular Juridiction

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or p1trohln ot Ad41Uonal land Mlt1 1Illohr right tor the Ut and bentlt ot Indian ot tht araJo Tllbt ~t a total ooot not to 010lt1 t 12oo000 Whioh 1 hrloT eothoriled) tltl 0 1Ih1oh hampll be taken in the name ot the United 8bt 1n tnut tor the JATaJo Tribe theAl renrs 1928 ~d 1~29 ~200OOO p ~ble tro~ fund on de_ Polt In the Trearurr at the UnIted State to the oredit ot the BaJo TrIbe ProTidalt1 1lIampt In purshyelIaine moh land title _yen be hokan 1n the lt111_

shyoretillioot the Sooretarr ot the Interior tor the 1UltampO onlT

fIro hundred thouand dollar 11 noW available tor the pur_ cha ot land tor the liaJo Indians You are requllited to rubshyamp1t a rtport at the earliet Pobullbullible data a8 to tho total ~b1 ot Indian on the ~bllo domain ~dr 10ur juridiction tor whom ahou14 purohaee 11111dl and the bullbullUrattlt1 ampcroAt needet1 tor thair u Tou are alao requeted 10 report ce to the amount ot the 200000 whioh yenDU blloTo Ihould bo ua~ in lOur Juriet11ction the probable oo~ of the lAM par AOre und Myen oher intormampUon that hculd b turnlhet1 the Ottlee 0 that e will hATe detailedInformation on thi entire ~bJot

You 111 ~dtrtan4 ot course that the enUre amp200000 ampTamp1lshyable 1 not to be u bullbulld under ene juridiction Kach SUperintendent if t iUn pnuallT ah he needa et the lilLnJo Indiana poundOr 1I0re 1amp114 u4 it 11 IlUlllhd thampt In your report rau inolude dzlta which ould ilia l1lab purahamp that hould be lIlIlde 1mmed1Ahl1 tor lOur particular Juridiction

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Tor purchue of addHional land and nter r1ehta _ tar tho use IUld benen t ot IndiaDS ot the liavajo tribe (at a total coat not to Gceed $1200000 wh1ch 18 bercb authorued) Utle to which allall be taken in the name of the United State in trust tor the Na~aJo trIbe flacal1eara Ina IIlId 1929 $200000 parable trcm tI1nd 011 degtodt iu tho IleQNrY ot tho OllHed states to t~c oredit ot the Na~IlJo Tribe PraTlded That in purohuing IUch landa 11tIc IDA1 be taken in the diecretion of the 3ampcre~ ot the Interior tar the aurtaee only

It Iill be obsened that $200000 ot the IUm Iluthorized to be approllluted 18 nOli an1lable tor expendi ture durlne the tlecampl 1Campl1129 IIIld that Conereu bae ob118ltod iholt actuall1 to IlPpro pr ute the entire aum ot $1200000 Superintendent s r Stacher ot the E torn NIlTGjo 6cnc1 Crom lolot He Itexico ball rocshyorroendod that we consider the purchllso or about 75000 acres belongshyIng to tour Comjlall1 ond now lused tor the InlBJl8 01 h18 Jur1edlctlon Ihe tollUhlp are 1dentif1ed on the los11 h1f1Ilth

SUperintendent 4 r Duclo ot the Sou~hrn Na~ajo AaenC1 fort Det1ance ~izona baa recommonded thAt we consider tho purchase ot approx1lcll 11 200000 acrea bclont1ng to our company and I10W under lease tor the Ind1ans of bis JurlsdIct10n The tornsh1ps 1n which these lande are located are identified on the enclosed list 1 would be 1mpo6f~lc for the Go~erDment to purchase 1mueJiately all tho land recomwended e~en if desirabl~ or practicable There are not suttlcient fUnd 1mmcdlatel1 e~~11able and tbere are doubtless shy

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I _0 toWl1lhiP3 that 10 would no nnt io purohue an4 aome probabl1 tlla~ 10Ul OIZllptlDJ 1Iollld no 1I3Il t 0 a811 noweyer it 11011111 be eppreolate4 11 10U wl1l So OTor the enclol~ 11aA and eet a prioe per ampcre 011 thB lands you uc dll1ll(1 to 011

Aa to lNoh lands as you ue 1I1111ns to 1811 we woul4 11ko to haTe I to~l optton iTlng Lho GoTercment the priTtle to purchase durIng tlu OUlrent 1h~l rILl a pc-t thereof and the r_lnder WI11n ed41tIoll11 fund ure actually appropriahd by Congren 1he option ahauld be Mdo lubJeo io ncceptanc8 by the GltlTonment an) t1llle pr1ar to JUI~ SO 1930 In lIocellUna eweh an option the OOTernshyment would 1el obllg3ted to make the additlonal purohase whell tunda are an1lable proTllled Q euffI01entl1 600d Utle 11 turnished Tbe dit1iculty ls that ihere are treat needs in other localitIes tor purohase and w do n~t t~el JutItle4 in pnn~lnamp the entire amount no ua1lnble 1n tho 1mnlldlate ~haa8 01 all the lampnd bclone1ne to rour OQIDpIIlJ embraoed 111 tJle leaaos hereln ro1erred to Aa t1 tle _y be a0ltlUired tor til INrraco r1shh on1r 1n the ISIcreHon ot the Socretary 01 thA In i~r10r Illld as TOur eo~middotP=JlY llI4Y doaire to rearTf the 1I111eral rigM lUI otter wUl b eQuidered 011 thd basil

hera 11 enclole4 a blank tom lropoMl to sale of Land lIhioh thollld be tollobullbulld 111 the preparation 01 anT option lUbmithd bull l tull desoriptioll 01 tho lande otiered ehould be peo 1t1oally 4ue1be4 )1 notion townah1p and rane amplid ~he iotal area 111 eaoh townahlp turnlshed bull AI cona1deraole tit will neceeaar1l1 be requlred to ooll1plete ampnr purchase the1 Nf be 11148 ampnd as the t 1me 18 laao4 a 18 roqubullbullted that the aUr recetn prompt oOI1s1dlllashyt1011 and aotion bl 1011

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TAYLOR ANIgt WILLIAM W lJA8TINm

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II MONDAT NovElmER 19 1028I BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

STATEMENT OF HONOlABLE CHARLES H BURKE COli SIONER ACCOMPANIED BY EDGAR B MERITT ASSISTmCOMMISSIONER

fltNERAL STATEMENT L Mr CnAToN We will tart this Inorninr with th lIaringo r i the Indian Sanmiddotico Wo IlJpr~cite the tatamont middotwhich you hu

prosonted Mr Commisllioncr Mr BunKP Ilin nUffIIU or IndiAn AITlirs w tsfIMilh~d 01

Marril II IR24 ftnef th~ oinre or Cruumisionfr of Inrlt- AIT~iMl1I rrefltrd ill IRJ2 Thtl fIuly fuiminiftrfttinn or IndiAn AtTAin Wft ptr

I (ormed under the ctir(ftion of tho rAT DepArtmtnt hut in UHU Con J

grtsIJ upon the (reation of thf DbRIlTtment of the Intfrior inra

r0rftt~ltI tho BllrOR of I ndion Alrain in that dartmnt ghin~ to III leau tltt sllperviaafV flowerR titeretorOfft nltrrri~d OVfr IndiAn affair1

hy the S(rrotary cfVr Sintc that time tll8 bur(ftu hils hpttn undtr thl IIItfrior Orpftrttutnt

S((tion 44 [ or toe Hfjard StAtutes providt8 Utftt uThf Norr4t~ or t lin I nterior is Iharfrd middotit-h th~ luporvisilgtn or puhlic husifles rfo(ating ttl bull bull tht hldiafUJ H

Section 463 or the Uevid Statutes IJrovid tht-The CUITllulloncr or ImU Affair IIblt under the direction of the ~rrt1f

of the IntNinr un alaquoteeAhle to mrh Ntltlatlonll lhe Preltldfnt m~ prfACr1lwIave Un IIlall_sement or aU Indian afTalr and of n IDatien fUR out 01 IndlaatrlUon

RilUc tho foundation of Gur Govlaquonment and under (on~titutionaJ authority tho UniCed Stflttl hilS troltod the Indian as ita warda and has ctf~l amp8 guar(lian or all rf3trirted Indianbullgt

0 TRIATua WII INDIANIl Ugt 00 Th firoL truty htw th United Sial and an Inltlian lri

wu nuutfl with th D~Iw rf IudA1 on Sftplenlber 11 1778 (7 SlatI 13) The acL 01 March 31871 proridee in part

INTItRIOll DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BiLl 1130 639

nat hr~atfr flU SIUUA IlatitUl or lrlhe Ithln tho ItrrHnrv ot Ihe U HOcI IthU he ftrknwlt1IJert ot rOtoltniud amp An Intifl)rtultnl AUUn lrlhe or

hom Ihn lInlttfl Hrlltt1I may roht hy hCAI~ middotrflld tr ~ hcrdu (unuetlllthU hl ttlHlltrtlcd tJ InvU~lfttC or pir tit ollli bull

bull uy lrltftty hurduCort iAwfully UIdo 1U1 rfttHht1 with atty neh Indian or thIP

8in(~ thfl J)nM~( or (1 lCiflhlion no trffttitll hov lW(1 maful nUt Indian Iril thtir lTftirft ltving hetu dC-III wHh througll awation hy (unlftflIt At the r~lI~nt tfW( tJUrt~ IU( 011 I hf1 hl~ hooks IlJllngtxiJUlltlly 370 Ill( in trcKtiel IlUl II1lU(l tluua ~OOll rrlliuf tn nditUI an-nint

Thfro are 20U 1mlin f(HerVltiona wid lU3 dilllrent trilu who k 58 tlitr~rNlt Inf~ullrCft ritc Jntlilln Immtrv lOVtUIl un ar~a all ~ II Ill of tl Ntw EnJtllnd SLates IUlli th( Rht( u( Nw York fORihinrd -lUI tho (1ovprmuflut maintftins IOn jurilldidiol18 iududillg tpner h(llftdflHttrlru Inell1cmiddot1 nn the rCA(lvtltionlfl tUlti llollrcIrvatiun -rdlnt 8(houle outidCl or r(lWrattOllft

A8 VlUio Ir ti w IIIAd~ with Inlin trib Iftnd woro oct Midr u r(~(rvati)ns rur UIClir uee and thpound ftcmiddott f ~t~rftry R 18H7

4 Stt 3MM) Im-illcd rnr the Ilolllllnt of lantl ill severalty to Faadillnft hufttrd llpnn U1ftsO n8NVfttiollS AUutmrntK wrro nlftclc

WIIdr thia Inw tllTOUJI the ilMUAnco or trutlL pftt~nl~ hie-h cOlltaintd restrictions upon ftlifuatillJl or tho Inud for ft pcrirn1 or 25 yearB III anv iusttlnt(ft whtro Indians have not yet reachcIJ the Blalte or

riyilbfttion whfrt Lhey all hUldlo their own ftflain this truBt reriod u heen ~xndcd hy Ixtrutive order for dditional priud 0 lime

ALIOlMtNT Of LANDS TO IN1HANH

Suh~Cllu(nt to the pn8~lgn of tlto buv(Imiddotucntiullttl atmiddott lulclitiurutl ~lnCion hai l)(u tUl~~(t1 whieh authori7es the isltutllHO or Cl Pltent~ to Iutiiftns who Rr( t~omp(teJt to IInlulJe tJuir own flUin So long It lnd iamp lumiddotlel Hnder ft trust patfut it is ntJl tltxahlo by tllO

lkatc hut wh(u fin tdiftu rtcrivC5 his patent in rec tho land holtomc uhjcrL to tflXntiuH tuul th( Ouvtrnmcnt nu longtr maintniu8 BUy juridiction ov(r the IntHI

Allulrnllt~ hftc h(n IIAtl( to more than 207O()O hulitulI t~uvcrinJ IPIlrllximRtcly 4tl~OnOOuo fUrrs of land LnaUott(lf1 Iulien lanus 1 the pr~Nlt time Rmount to BJtproximatel) 35000000 f(~r(S autl it tItill1ftlt~d thnt thc~ nrc J18000 Indians who hnve not lu~cJl allotted Approxilnfttely 85 I)tr C~H~ ul the Indlaus 01 the jv(I Civilized Trihf8 Ito no long~r 8ul)jed tu Lilt jurisdiction or the Interior Department and more thAnmiddot ~OOOO Imliftns outside of ~he Jt~ive Civilized TrilJ(s hve r~(~ived ree patrnta to their land and are free to diapoe8 of them AS they fC0 fit In nlost imltances where Indians have received rbullbull patents the lands hay passed into while owncrhi

INDIAN POPULATION

Th(l Indi P(1IHtlation At loll prflIUnt limo 1amp ~155lOI Ilnd tho total VAhl of Indian l)roJ(rty including JAlltls timlH~toil gas ~oal and othrr minoal dep~lt funda on dep(Jsit in U)(J roallliry and indivitlulll holtline 01 li-cl~k and other prUlerty if aproirnftttly IIUH07A214 rho Stto or Oklahoma hbullbull t 10 InllItL 11Un pushyIdion whi(h total 11U336 Arizonat South Dakota and Nuw

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SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSJCOMMITl~lI

( ON APPltOPRIATlON~ f CONSllJTUfQ or

MEN_ LOUIS C CRAMTON (CallAIIIt1) FRAN]( MURPHY DURTON L FRENDH EDWARD T

TAYLOR ANIgt WILLIAM W lJA8TINm

IN ClfARGE 01

INTEIIIOR DElARTME~T APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1930

t

SEVENTIETH CONGRESS

81lOOND BIIB8tON

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Jllttr-iur Dtlrtm(middotnt rt(ltlire that w~ brinJ( it buck toi K)lproprilliun

Mr CRAMTON flU ihnl it) qllf4fiun in th dpfifhIHY nd thnl II ~middot(middotIImiddottluy of Uu Int~fior i~ tllllJlfliiWII Itgt lflljr ill _~ j Inl(l fII (JIlfldt whi-h jndudjll~ ttlHtiJU1Nlt for sud tlmlti~~

fhull not txcet11 $lUO~lH)(J TIIllt uf cour( i~ onlv Itft uthoriutioi~ nc nnw Ihe ikm b~furC U~ i rm pproprillffufl HI $IHUC 1 lu(onlnIH( with tlUtt IIutluri7ftlitm J h~ $150HO(1 lUin~ brfh

JJIoJuiuteIJ htlttofol J)octnr SC(YIT Itlf(if(lr 111 CTON I think that i all e nret

II ~ ~

II MONDAT NovElmER 19 1028I BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

STATEMENT OF HONOlABLE CHARLES H BURKE COli SIONER ACCOMPANIED BY EDGAR B MERITT ASSISTmCOMMISSIONER

fltNERAL STATEMENT L Mr CnAToN We will tart this Inorninr with th lIaringo r i the Indian Sanmiddotico Wo IlJpr~cite the tatamont middotwhich you hu

prosonted Mr Commisllioncr Mr BunKP Ilin nUffIIU or IndiAn AITlirs w tsfIMilh~d 01

Marril II IR24 ftnef th~ oinre or Cruumisionfr of Inrlt- AIT~iMl1I rrefltrd ill IRJ2 Thtl fIuly fuiminiftrfttinn or IndiAn AtTAin Wft ptr

I (ormed under the ctir(ftion of tho rAT DepArtmtnt hut in UHU Con J

grtsIJ upon the (reation of thf DbRIlTtment of the Intfrior inra

r0rftt~ltI tho BllrOR of I ndion Alrain in that dartmnt ghin~ to III leau tltt sllperviaafV flowerR titeretorOfft nltrrri~d OVfr IndiAn affair1

hy the S(rrotary cfVr Sintc that time tll8 bur(ftu hils hpttn undtr thl IIItfrior Orpftrttutnt

S((tion 44 [ or toe Hfjard StAtutes providt8 Utftt uThf Norr4t~ or t lin I nterior is Iharfrd middotit-h th~ luporvisilgtn or puhlic husifles rfo(ating ttl bull bull tht hldiafUJ H

Section 463 or the Uevid Statutes IJrovid tht-The CUITllulloncr or ImU Affair IIblt under the direction of the ~rrt1f

of the IntNinr un alaquoteeAhle to mrh Ntltlatlonll lhe Preltldfnt m~ prfACr1lwIave Un IIlall_sement or aU Indian afTalr and of n IDatien fUR out 01 IndlaatrlUon

RilUc tho foundation of Gur Govlaquonment and under (on~titutionaJ authority tho UniCed Stflttl hilS troltod the Indian as ita warda and has ctf~l amp8 guar(lian or all rf3trirted Indianbullgt

0 TRIATua WII INDIANIl Ugt 00 Th firoL truty htw th United Sial and an Inltlian lri

wu nuutfl with th D~Iw rf IudA1 on Sftplenlber 11 1778 (7 SlatI 13) The acL 01 March 31871 proridee in part

INTItRIOll DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BiLl 1130 639

nat hr~atfr flU SIUUA IlatitUl or lrlhe Ithln tho ItrrHnrv ot Ihe U HOcI IthU he ftrknwlt1IJert ot rOtoltniud amp An Intifl)rtultnl AUUn lrlhe or

hom Ihn lInlttfl Hrlltt1I may roht hy hCAI~ middotrflld tr ~ hcrdu (unuetlllthU hl ttlHlltrtlcd tJ InvU~lfttC or pir tit ollli bull

bull uy lrltftty hurduCort iAwfully UIdo 1U1 rfttHht1 with atty neh Indian or thIP

8in(~ thfl J)nM~( or (1 lCiflhlion no trffttitll hov lW(1 maful nUt Indian Iril thtir lTftirft ltving hetu dC-III wHh througll awation hy (unlftflIt At the r~lI~nt tfW( tJUrt~ IU( 011 I hf1 hl~ hooks IlJllngtxiJUlltlly 370 Ill( in trcKtiel IlUl II1lU(l tluua ~OOll rrlliuf tn nditUI an-nint

Thfro are 20U 1mlin f(HerVltiona wid lU3 dilllrent trilu who k 58 tlitr~rNlt Inf~ullrCft ritc Jntlilln Immtrv lOVtUIl un ar~a all ~ II Ill of tl Ntw EnJtllnd SLates IUlli th( Rht( u( Nw York fORihinrd -lUI tho (1ovprmuflut maintftins IOn jurilldidiol18 iududillg tpner h(llftdflHttrlru Inell1cmiddot1 nn the rCA(lvtltionlfl tUlti llollrcIrvatiun -rdlnt 8(houle outidCl or r(lWrattOllft

A8 VlUio Ir ti w IIIAd~ with Inlin trib Iftnd woro oct Midr u r(~(rvati)ns rur UIClir uee and thpound ftcmiddott f ~t~rftry R 18H7

4 Stt 3MM) Im-illcd rnr the Ilolllllnt of lantl ill severalty to Faadillnft hufttrd llpnn U1ftsO n8NVfttiollS AUutmrntK wrro nlftclc

WIIdr thia Inw tllTOUJI the ilMUAnco or trutlL pftt~nl~ hie-h cOlltaintd restrictions upon ftlifuatillJl or tho Inud for ft pcrirn1 or 25 yearB III anv iusttlnt(ft whtro Indians have not yet reachcIJ the Blalte or

riyilbfttion whfrt Lhey all hUldlo their own ftflain this truBt reriod u heen ~xndcd hy Ixtrutive order for dditional priud 0 lime

ALIOlMtNT Of LANDS TO IN1HANH

Suh~Cllu(nt to the pn8~lgn of tlto buv(Imiddotucntiullttl atmiddott lulclitiurutl ~lnCion hai l)(u tUl~~(t1 whieh authori7es the isltutllHO or Cl Pltent~ to Iutiiftns who Rr( t~omp(teJt to IInlulJe tJuir own flUin So long It lnd iamp lumiddotlel Hnder ft trust patfut it is ntJl tltxahlo by tllO

lkatc hut wh(u fin tdiftu rtcrivC5 his patent in rec tho land holtomc uhjcrL to tflXntiuH tuul th( Ouvtrnmcnt nu longtr maintniu8 BUy juridiction ov(r the IntHI

Allulrnllt~ hftc h(n IIAtl( to more than 207O()O hulitulI t~uvcrinJ IPIlrllximRtcly 4tl~OnOOuo fUrrs of land LnaUott(lf1 Iulien lanus 1 the pr~Nlt time Rmount to BJtproximatel) 35000000 f(~r(S autl it tItill1ftlt~d thnt thc~ nrc J18000 Indians who hnve not lu~cJl allotted Approxilnfttely 85 I)tr C~H~ ul the Indlaus 01 the jv(I Civilized Trihf8 Ito no long~r 8ul)jed tu Lilt jurisdiction or the Interior Department and more thAnmiddot ~OOOO Imliftns outside of ~he Jt~ive Civilized TrilJ(s hve r~(~ived ree patrnta to their land and are free to diapoe8 of them AS they fC0 fit In nlost imltances where Indians have received rbullbull patents the lands hay passed into while owncrhi

INDIAN POPULATION

Th(l Indi P(1IHtlation At loll prflIUnt limo 1amp ~155lOI Ilnd tho total VAhl of Indian l)roJ(rty including JAlltls timlH~toil gas ~oal and othrr minoal dep~lt funda on dep(Jsit in U)(J roallliry and indivitlulll holtline 01 li-cl~k and other prUlerty if aproirnftttly IIUH07A214 rho Stto or Oklahoma hbullbull t 10 InllItL 11Un pushyIdion whi(h total 11U336 Arizonat South Dakota and Nuw

2341l1-28--41

( ( 638 IT~RlOR DIPARtMlNT APPROPBUTtOIf lIILL Itn-j

j

))IIor SOJ1T V oit tht A not An appropriation It Iilllplv an nuthOlmiddotiEftlton nnd tht llure-ftu of th~ Hlulget lnd

Jllttr-iur Dtlrtm(middotnt rt(ltlire that w~ brinJ( it buck toi K)lproprilliun

Mr CRAMTON flU ihnl it) qllf4fiun in th dpfifhIHY nd thnl II ~middot(middotIImiddottluy of Uu Int~fior i~ tllllJlfliiWII Itgt lflljr ill _~ j Inl(l fII (JIlfldt whi-h jndudjll~ ttlHtiJU1Nlt for sud tlmlti~~

fhull not txcet11 $lUO~lH)(J TIIllt uf cour( i~ onlv Itft uthoriutioi~ nc nnw Ihe ikm b~furC U~ i rm pproprillffufl HI $IHUC 1 lu(onlnIH( with tlUtt IIutluri7ftlitm J h~ $150HO(1 lUin~ brfh

JJIoJuiuteIJ htlttofol J)octnr SC(YIT Itlf(if(lr 111 CTON I think that i all e nret

II ~ ~

II MONDAT NovElmER 19 1028I BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

STATEMENT OF HONOlABLE CHARLES H BURKE COli SIONER ACCOMPANIED BY EDGAR B MERITT ASSISTmCOMMISSIONER

fltNERAL STATEMENT L Mr CnAToN We will tart this Inorninr with th lIaringo r i the Indian Sanmiddotico Wo IlJpr~cite the tatamont middotwhich you hu

prosonted Mr Commisllioncr Mr BunKP Ilin nUffIIU or IndiAn AITlirs w tsfIMilh~d 01

Marril II IR24 ftnef th~ oinre or Cruumisionfr of Inrlt- AIT~iMl1I rrefltrd ill IRJ2 Thtl fIuly fuiminiftrfttinn or IndiAn AtTAin Wft ptr

I (ormed under the ctir(ftion of tho rAT DepArtmtnt hut in UHU Con J

grtsIJ upon the (reation of thf DbRIlTtment of the Intfrior inra

r0rftt~ltI tho BllrOR of I ndion Alrain in that dartmnt ghin~ to III leau tltt sllperviaafV flowerR titeretorOfft nltrrri~d OVfr IndiAn affair1

hy the S(rrotary cfVr Sintc that time tll8 bur(ftu hils hpttn undtr thl IIItfrior Orpftrttutnt

S((tion 44 [ or toe Hfjard StAtutes providt8 Utftt uThf Norr4t~ or t lin I nterior is Iharfrd middotit-h th~ luporvisilgtn or puhlic husifles rfo(ating ttl bull bull tht hldiafUJ H

Section 463 or the Uevid Statutes IJrovid tht-The CUITllulloncr or ImU Affair IIblt under the direction of the ~rrt1f

of the IntNinr un alaquoteeAhle to mrh Ntltlatlonll lhe Preltldfnt m~ prfACr1lwIave Un IIlall_sement or aU Indian afTalr and of n IDatien fUR out 01 IndlaatrlUon

RilUc tho foundation of Gur Govlaquonment and under (on~titutionaJ authority tho UniCed Stflttl hilS troltod the Indian as ita warda and has ctf~l amp8 guar(lian or all rf3trirted Indianbullgt

0 TRIATua WII INDIANIl Ugt 00 Th firoL truty htw th United Sial and an Inltlian lri

wu nuutfl with th D~Iw rf IudA1 on Sftplenlber 11 1778 (7 SlatI 13) The acL 01 March 31871 proridee in part

INTItRIOll DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BiLl 1130 639

nat hr~atfr flU SIUUA IlatitUl or lrlhe Ithln tho ItrrHnrv ot Ihe U HOcI IthU he ftrknwlt1IJert ot rOtoltniud amp An Intifl)rtultnl AUUn lrlhe or

hom Ihn lInlttfl Hrlltt1I may roht hy hCAI~ middotrflld tr ~ hcrdu (unuetlllthU hl ttlHlltrtlcd tJ InvU~lfttC or pir tit ollli bull

bull uy lrltftty hurduCort iAwfully UIdo 1U1 rfttHht1 with atty neh Indian or thIP

8in(~ thfl J)nM~( or (1 lCiflhlion no trffttitll hov lW(1 maful nUt Indian Iril thtir lTftirft ltving hetu dC-III wHh througll awation hy (unlftflIt At the r~lI~nt tfW( tJUrt~ IU( 011 I hf1 hl~ hooks IlJllngtxiJUlltlly 370 Ill( in trcKtiel IlUl II1lU(l tluua ~OOll rrlliuf tn nditUI an-nint

Thfro are 20U 1mlin f(HerVltiona wid lU3 dilllrent trilu who k 58 tlitr~rNlt Inf~ullrCft ritc Jntlilln Immtrv lOVtUIl un ar~a all ~ II Ill of tl Ntw EnJtllnd SLates IUlli th( Rht( u( Nw York fORihinrd -lUI tho (1ovprmuflut maintftins IOn jurilldidiol18 iududillg tpner h(llftdflHttrlru Inell1cmiddot1 nn the rCA(lvtltionlfl tUlti llollrcIrvatiun -rdlnt 8(houle outidCl or r(lWrattOllft

A8 VlUio Ir ti w IIIAd~ with Inlin trib Iftnd woro oct Midr u r(~(rvati)ns rur UIClir uee and thpound ftcmiddott f ~t~rftry R 18H7

4 Stt 3MM) Im-illcd rnr the Ilolllllnt of lantl ill severalty to Faadillnft hufttrd llpnn U1ftsO n8NVfttiollS AUutmrntK wrro nlftclc

WIIdr thia Inw tllTOUJI the ilMUAnco or trutlL pftt~nl~ hie-h cOlltaintd restrictions upon ftlifuatillJl or tho Inud for ft pcrirn1 or 25 yearB III anv iusttlnt(ft whtro Indians have not yet reachcIJ the Blalte or

riyilbfttion whfrt Lhey all hUldlo their own ftflain this truBt reriod u heen ~xndcd hy Ixtrutive order for dditional priud 0 lime

ALIOlMtNT Of LANDS TO IN1HANH

Suh~Cllu(nt to the pn8~lgn of tlto buv(Imiddotucntiullttl atmiddott lulclitiurutl ~lnCion hai l)(u tUl~~(t1 whieh authori7es the isltutllHO or Cl Pltent~ to Iutiiftns who Rr( t~omp(teJt to IInlulJe tJuir own flUin So long It lnd iamp lumiddotlel Hnder ft trust patfut it is ntJl tltxahlo by tllO

lkatc hut wh(u fin tdiftu rtcrivC5 his patent in rec tho land holtomc uhjcrL to tflXntiuH tuul th( Ouvtrnmcnt nu longtr maintniu8 BUy juridiction ov(r the IntHI

Allulrnllt~ hftc h(n IIAtl( to more than 207O()O hulitulI t~uvcrinJ IPIlrllximRtcly 4tl~OnOOuo fUrrs of land LnaUott(lf1 Iulien lanus 1 the pr~Nlt time Rmount to BJtproximatel) 35000000 f(~r(S autl it tItill1ftlt~d thnt thc~ nrc J18000 Indians who hnve not lu~cJl allotted Approxilnfttely 85 I)tr C~H~ ul the Indlaus 01 the jv(I Civilized Trihf8 Ito no long~r 8ul)jed tu Lilt jurisdiction or the Interior Department and more thAnmiddot ~OOOO Imliftns outside of ~he Jt~ive Civilized TrilJ(s hve r~(~ived ree patrnta to their land and are free to diapoe8 of them AS they fC0 fit In nlost imltances where Indians have received rbullbull patents the lands hay passed into while owncrhi

INDIAN POPULATION

Th(l Indi P(1IHtlation At loll prflIUnt limo 1amp ~155lOI Ilnd tho total VAhl of Indian l)roJ(rty including JAlltls timlH~toil gas ~oal and othrr minoal dep~lt funda on dep(Jsit in U)(J roallliry and indivitlulll holtline 01 li-cl~k and other prUlerty if aproirnftttly IIUH07A214 rho Stto or Oklahoma hbullbull t 10 InllItL 11Un pushyIdion whi(h total 11U336 Arizonat South Dakota and Nuw

2341l1-28--41

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~ll CliAgttn~ nul t11tt i $11Ol1 rill IIO DtllljKO [1_cOlllplinllt it IUI niOrt thun -)unt Humiugo4

1 rlllrl nmiddotHtlmiddot II tJwIpurl ul UUl IIIHmiddottint~middotlhlllIl lUlI iIII bull - (UAMT4Ip SUIuu YUH remiddott u ttIJUImiddott till tlU flml All1nec ~IO WI IIIC JflillJ III UIJHmiddotupdnt i( thi~ i fftllwtltinl hitmiddot1t tJu(llt amp h IJlII 1Nj dllt~ UHf ~IU In Inmiddot AI runt tt~nsurt ftt wnit n ut tlo it ~ 1ddUI y llt MIIbullbullbullmiddotiUrfftmiddotJlt hn had OIlUgt rluff t JoIix IIIUllth~ ill whit-II to n-I(tntJl tIft f1thi lUll IHhi-~middot iliff IYIft I IIOJ illltIId In kn(I wlty WP UIItt drlel tloin II (01 II yrtf

H it is ~mlllhinl tlnt ulIl-hl to IN rlone Mmiddot M III1Tmiddot I CHn - Iho iuftlrltll1liun Mmiddot CUAITIIN Atul lHin~ it in with nfelfut-O In ~n

Nambe Mr flhnnwr J11l~ ifeU ltmiddotIIUmiddothdegtl iH n~ (olfuwof

(middotuM 1I rtt nkTUf( IJDUHt f flt-W UXIImiddot~

llr Ill rllfll( filii Ihl bullbullru ln ut IU Iff middotr fllttt 1 tI~1 t jt MInt 1 Ctdl tnftult ltltluluIIIlludfuu IlIltlt N M(xlt ullu JOIt-tellNt t tmiddot ltnI rur IlIfld IHul RIr rltlt Jt t rJH~ hulh ur fh lmiddotuCmiddothfm ntl It n tnlv to the rJJtCthe rllftr1_ or lhl hatblo ud Iluent thfMun II ~ MUfU nr ~M 38111 Ht rulluwlt loIlnt DomJulfO 11A8820 Jandl tMtlfJOW) 9111 ttgtlIlte $2) t--I~IO JIf $ R4Itn Stlntn AUd $5ltXUUH Natnhp $ltlOOUJ1 l~mId( n $Ill(l(t flr Iho IIIIIUlillt rnr rh~ SntB l)untu- )Optt he llMIl ff~ IlnnhftllP II 11~~ Iof 1_1 II lid W~r 1hIN (ltIF ~ Jndlan rbat in7fl r tb lIum rtr u NtIIIN~ (11111 I bull IuuIFhI Jfr(middotJuUbull JO7It -nn tI( JAn nnd wflhr rlthl Mild ttgt ~11111 uf f(-II (fir Irrbtlr~ 81d hUltrOYhlJC fl lnud of UWol (hlll (hnt nil lit It UIII~ middotImiddotIdh l II hfO- rllrlJOM- bullbullr HAII-Ilin Iud 1middotlfubullbullbull r_II((middotthtmiddotly lot n~fl fur 1tlIdn~ IrllI hK nu1 IH1IWtrluJr Uwtr IlthI thAt ~rtrn7 f amt11f fr lilt 1111 tip ImiddotUtmiddothl1M JII fHnltnhhshy rur lin Iltlr-dla6C thtn-r IIr IO~ II hUll II wal-tr rlhhl 11tU w~f r 11m JU urtUtr ntul bill IOBUO II lit11111 rttltd tu flumiddotmiddot ImUIlt I nHllilr tur utluu Irrtlttl(inE Mfl1 hlllrIII II hHld tlllhr 1 (IfrU-r 1111 nut In rlmu ~f 1OOI) f Ih (ltnh hI III tlll ut lIumiddot rmiddotUIImiddot lIAtnte b Iw middothV l1utdl tInUhlf fr fu 1lIrdI 1( hUllbl Itilif lit bullbull-nlusttIf1 Itf WJLIr PlI1I u u( Id JrUJI It ItO tltl Il4t gtlIlIdl1l frl lilt InulUUHY ftl-tlJIht Aler- frnrldfmiddott llrOtfT Tblll he IIIIIIUP It lit IJIJ ftlllUIllII~ Mn nllnISufttl flfr tho trrl~f Jmiddotu14htt8 lit rlll1 fn II lr cr(11It 1111 It 1)lllHks t Uu ~1rNI~Y rlwtnllwnt ftt Hr Int tnl-erc-II 111r IlIlIIunl tllltll- ~uhJt In IHum fllll~IIIJlrlUrltlfl trr (luJ(nCl

IUIWIIAM) Ot rbull ~lJ~ ANU I ArJ~Jt InU nft -AVAfO IXUf SI4

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IndhwM r Iflt ~1IfJ HI flit I whhh hflU ttC IH1cltn In flit lunu rtf h lnlh1 Hlllh~ In trur6I [r Um N~nuj lrH)t~~ t~JCbullbull()OfJ IlaYllblte rmnt ftulltl fIfI dr 11 III hemiddot IIlin IIr Iflt tdINt ltuh Ill llfdtt _t lb~ XfumiddotJn Trine-

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Mr 11IIII-r TIlt IIffit Iulltliult HI clw NIHuj ~lImrf in Arizulln 11111 ~I Mmiddottlmiddotu i~ flflut middotWOIKl AboI iIQU ttl tht~ Inlill- It~i ull Ih lIuhH-( dUlUuin Hjll(~l1t to tlu no~-Iil)n (OHhlb li~hcrl (UI Ihr NIfljf) 1(1llIy Inl~ I(rptlhgf of Utrtf hHtIbull a Itlcalrd in liu an at ~fcJ(inley Cunti N M alltl Ih odulH art Rttered throughout the- area from Crolmiddotolgtoint N~ II(O

INTYII 1gtIltIAILTMKNT A1InOPRITIQIf BILL 1980 751)

the (Iud (u tltUth uf ]tlnotuff AIir un 114 ~st A hOlll ll~I)O III pulJlk dmllnin ~1IUjfl( til AtilUHII lwl -middotw Ahmiddotio hlll lIIIi1 ividun IIOCflWfl(~ o ltff 1In (middotII(-h fh(t InnI ft Iwilll u~middottI

~ the In(lillHS fof 1flziJlI Impf~ nUtt whtrt rJSHjlt~ Uuut Iullli LindH ftlf tlst but I h(~ middotllimiddotmiddot nlI~Je thus Itniluhle 1 nut tudlidclIl 10 ICrll7e tltr JUIIO Jlumlwr ul lhttituck o-wucl It) thcHI whitli toliHilltI f flh(I11 gont~t hm~s (nU It nIHI hUtrHS J Itnco it iN IIClfHNUrV to Iftlllr frultl til( milrfUul (tUIIPU mltlmiddotmlllllxmiddot middottI NfdiuflH in (crllain nlhiIC fur tlst II~ IItid tNntfit uf 1IlfoII IIItiuus ((p(l t~ nn HIgt lIIfittdf thul lultliiuflnl IHI~ 1U(ItI flU Iho

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1 p~ -) uuthorl7inr un uPPI1luintiou flf td~W(INN tiffN

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fi~nl YII WUHI- $~fI(Inull will ~ tXIHUtltmiddot1 It ntidiliult til claM Irologto(1 (unmiddothuM__ nmiddottlllllltwlufwIlS hnn IlIilI IIInll I 1lldlll~ ((luin 1gtlllltdy ~~wJwd IUihJ-s UIJIfiximlilill JlmNJ ItI~I fill IIIf ~or NIUAljoo middot~ridinl 011 tlH~ JUt tit dnnmiu IUllhmiddotmiddot IIU -11111 jlllj diftion nntl hmiddotJtinfij~ UlriI Iu flaquoll han lx-NI HuluniUul lIuwclmiddottr no uCfinifto Iwfiuu 11I14 ltttu tnkpn btmiddottuup of JH(JI 1tr~IIC lltCtl~ in the ollltl locnlitie-s JJremiddotiol1fiv lfIttltionffl

In mdel to proctd with the ltlnllll at rtmiddottttlf UUttlt~ IIIIIJ UIIV uut he int(Jltiuns u( CUfJSI~lt (or t lP rfJief of tlw Nftuju r lit lin 1It H

rUlth(I RHfJwriruHuu for tlu UiI vf tdltnl ftUttl- ill Ut lurdIUS4 or Imds iN twrtsOftl hI CAIT (In th~ 1(wk Iuin~ tl Iimiddot jIU Ivau

Mr CICHtftlN 111( iftRfddirit)lC) bin HIrttll thifol lungtliI IlIfthnbullbull r huut lur XtUAJn ludJlu I r Iho punmiddothn r ttldlllUIIiI 11

d lltr lKllt bullbull Ito U~ UJI 1lwlll of fUtlu~ fir liltmiddot ~lIIJbullbull Irll 101 cd1 lOt nl 110 middot t 1211( Uuo lSh- lit wlil ~Ulil 1M In 1111 Uullftl Slnltor JtI ItUtI rur 1It NHju imiddotlh (ur hc 1IIt1middot 1 middotar Iftl nd JlrlU tOU(Od IlHYlthlfO frmu rundll dtl~f II rh TnNlHtlrr uf tho ~Inh 11 ht th trNlt th XltvnJu lmiddotrlhmiddot l4nldrd rtHd ht IHflthuMnJ( lliach lalld IIIItff nlft) I U)c11 In flU ~rnarS I U4( lut~rJfff tur lIurn J)

~

1 oil 760 INTltftlOIl UEPAIITMEHT APPIIOPIIUTIOl( IIILL 1t10

Y011 PIOIlt)1e In ddilional $200000 for 1930 ~ Mr thHI1T Yr~t Mil- Mr lIIAMiN N~~04iliunlC are mulot y Du you flpect

Jllrill thiN liscol yell YO will Illd that $IOOOOOr I M MJUTr Y(s sir Mr lIIAM1ON An~ you going 10 he wonled nd

to Itt Il(ld up ill (umiddotder to et it in this year I MlRITr No Mir ~IImiddot CbullbullonN It wuuU nut he hell)ful h HllvprolJriate tl

ttUJl4ItmiddotllJlllnncel MI MDtI1T If tI~ MounlJ Ie IJnoxl~nt~d btance w

lik to have it il hl~ Mr CItAMTON Th cOl1uuiU~e hct in mind when this item

put in in the course of ymH ntJotiatioRd someootiy mny think ~ (un Iwlu Otl til) i r they knov you IUne t() spenu the money hefon

th oml of the fiscal year Mr MbullbullTT I think il wOllld be desirahle to make arrangmeshy

ful (hat ~Ir lnuTON W do nat like to mak appropriations ilaYti

IIntil oxnded but I think the committee would like to h 1 fOIl that when you are noL auto to pend the money to good atYuw Iltlling the year for which it wu approlriated the commiu

I alwftYb consider very fovorobly amp request for r pproprialin11 Mr JlIIIITI It would Igte hellul to have the appropriation in

form )fr CnAMToN How much -monty have they Mr MERITI Speaking from memory betwetn

$-j(KIOOO MI CnITu Are YOII 110 lo djllst lhat 10 tIe atisraeliomiddot

the different 6Cdion~ of the Navajo Reserlationt _ M MrJUTT Thet iH mure or Ilts~ jfuJOtHY flllOn~ the Indi

89 wt11 UN alllol1g the HlJpellntenuents and each 8uperintend~nt it trying to get IS milch as Iossible for hi Indiana

Mr CRAMTON Are yon able to work it out rairly tilteloriljtMr MUlTI Ybullbull8ir lIIr CTO~ I 9Upl)( you have dicu9amped thiN moUer

thom I Mr ~hIIT Yl tiil Thllt is nne of the 8ubjfcta that was

clIs~ed I al~o [liscuSet1 it with the superintendents outside of council

IIIr CRATON Ale ltV sympothetic ith thot lrogroml Mr ~hauTr VelY I1Ullh so tll1d ery l11uch pleased with the

porlunity They think it ift remarkable tht we were able to thr npprol)riation

JIl CUgtJTOH The poliev this committt storte on 1bullbullt yeat In find the Iftnd and secure the ate supply and tiM the funJs that IHrel with Ulti apJir01Aftshy MrIlrTT y(~ llit4

0 Mr CIIAMTUN 11l botlf KNeHt

lNTEtII)R DFPAnTMpNT APPROPIIUTION BIII~ I uo 761

MEJUTT Thty lutt ~lIne nthl inColllE from Iht Iole uf

CItAJfTHH UHfK it tmiddotnf~h $200J()() eur r M~nTl Not t this time r CltAMmiddotnp Hu the ltIy nut lx nble tn otitllie thiM applopd rI 01 thut h~lst

llr ~hlllTT No~ h YmiddotOtl eouM make it l~itntH1l8able

~r (UATO willllot bullnsider tht Nt no~middot llr lthMITT 1h(re wi1 lit no 4lUtottion - tOut thti hllviu~ ruuIW)

~1IioP Wtmiddot hllvtmiddot untlel tuntJat hr sa)e millinn IIHI It hulf Iollnl (if t ilUltl~Imiddot

CflAMTUN TJuit gtill prubahl) (Olllt in in time to HI~ thl ~bullbull propriniHIl Thev hurtgt $400000 now nnt Itt ntwllt $HKIOOO bull

II fhnt willlutl ntuJ11 tlUN~ Ol otll UtM ~lrlIhRI1T~ e~ Kir bull

~

IIIIU UP lHI(lffU~~Mn NtK(JAIlY Itril)JASK AKIIIlrrOX

tUAPgtITUN Th~ ntxt item is tl1lCX11f11111it 1In1nllf ur $0122 nf thfO IIIIIrOlttlntlt1 jlt H~UUU tur Iht or th NIIWIIUy Idlllu~ tu1nliffl III fht til tit JraquoI~IIUIII ( JtIU fu I 6U whl(h untxIudni hnlalllt u fllllfhuwd IIIIIIM dudliit IIII 1tlr l1f21 h litp lUt u( -1Htti1 t 11124 (H ~jttt It 1111 1M htrtmiddotlty IllIlOtmiddot

~lIlhllmiddot durIn Ule 111oIul Yfttr tU4(Imiddott ~ tit Imf1~ Ht nmiddot11I1l thl IKlIt lOr ~c1 huHuu InmJ the old NlQtlfllly cuHhr tu n lIel hmiddottll1ll

)Ir 1hIUlT Th~ nd or Hl(pmler 5 1914 (J Htllt L 6tH) ppnl

rriated ~5tU()U~ BftlitioJ1nl (olUllenstioll fm tlit Nisflll11y ludlt4 n thtmiddot Sfnh of rn~hillzhm whosf lund tl~ tMkon ltv tilt novI Inl clnrin1 tltt WDf (01 milihlry pmmiddotp0s Ttlt 1111 tRkc-u ill shy(hljtmiddot1 lhtmiddot lIiLml l(gtlIwtNY

The Kmn uf $1HK7fi7n WUK Imi(1 to intllttlunl ullnlt(( ItlviuJ( l n ~ uf Gl~4~ft wllidt it WKM fhe inttlltiuH to Iitilize fOl the rt

of bU(Htgt~ flmH tile origtnd frltvf-~ tu It IWW ((lIlthIY Atshyr(Orltlngly htgt ltd of Mor(middot 1 lU26 (44- Stilt r 17-1) rlmiddotuPI)ropriuhmiddotI

~ Rnlonnt wliilh hatl Inps(t fOl tiltgt fis(~Mt Itt lU~ IIUWtll

thr election ontl pnl( lut~ of ft IlfW Nile [lmiddot(tuirttI 1Hn~idlrlth1tmiddot hm and this wnN IHit tumiddotcompthlu ( until urttr ~Jmw al IUli wlltli thtgt Ollt agna nmiddotmiddotImiddotttt1 10 the Tr~RSUlv lln~lll Iht dttHm~tnnns thtrefHl it is timiddotNirtl thut Ihi ImlulU Iw IIIlIckmiddot uuilubh tor tile oridnal purpmlte tlmitlt IIHO fhu 1 )(111 1VaO ItO thnt the removal uf lht rnKlits (AU ue tlrtIh(l without (uttI It I

Ilay ~Ir CR~fTON Thtlt Rtf to (ompltCe- the )llOp091tlon of nuanvlIIg the gr8f~ t ~Ir AIElUTr YfS lh- llr CJlA~fT()N Have tlumiddoty ronciucl(d to 18( tlte tIUVeK 1(1110((1 t 1tr MIRITT It is 1IIatisruetmY to )ue it llout

IxrtNtU8 JM UltINO u nut UP FUtTFMN lUUtOKttJ4 N(lCTIl (IIUII

MI MrnITJ Yes ir 0 Mr (ItANlUNbullbull How mnrh ill the-ir annual incomef MI CJM1TO-N The next tem ISo

Mr MUlTI Their income from oil lat ytar WlII nearly fSO(Xl r Caruhllf out th lrtlylIflHti t act tnIUd Au lC1 1ldlnl( fur That hu been illCreaeed bull little bit at lbbullbull time nll1 dlllllth u 11p rrI Hf u~ 1OAI rn ItI iff hlk Imll In

Mr C llTON Have tlley aome otb ineome Kurth (ullmiddot alIrt1veil Jaue 4 1924 JUJOOO Ill fU tnlllb Ih~hot bullbull I begt er nlaquolr

1 oil 760 INTltftlOIl UEPAIITMEHT APPIIOPIIUTIOl( IIILL 1t10

Y011 PIOIlt)1e In ddilional $200000 for 1930 ~ Mr thHI1T Yr~t Mil- Mr lIIAMiN N~~04iliunlC are mulot y Du you flpect

Jllrill thiN liscol yell YO will Illd that $IOOOOOr I M MJUTr Y(s sir Mr lIIAM1ON An~ you going 10 he wonled nd

to Itt Il(ld up ill (umiddotder to et it in this year I MlRITr No Mir ~IImiddot CbullbullonN It wuuU nut he hell)ful h HllvprolJriate tl

ttUJl4ItmiddotllJlllnncel MI MDtI1T If tI~ MounlJ Ie IJnoxl~nt~d btance w

lik to have it il hl~ Mr CItAMTON Th cOl1uuiU~e hct in mind when this item

put in in the course of ymH ntJotiatioRd someootiy mny think ~ (un Iwlu Otl til) i r they knov you IUne t() spenu the money hefon

th oml of the fiscal year Mr MbullbullTT I think il wOllld be desirahle to make arrangmeshy

ful (hat ~Ir lnuTON W do nat like to mak appropriations ilaYti

IIntil oxnded but I think the committee would like to h 1 fOIl that when you are noL auto to pend the money to good atYuw Iltlling the year for which it wu approlriated the commiu

I alwftYb consider very fovorobly amp request for r pproprialin11 Mr JlIIIITI It would Igte hellul to have the appropriation in

form )fr CnAMToN How much -monty have they Mr MERITI Speaking from memory betwetn

$-j(KIOOO MI CnITu Are YOII 110 lo djllst lhat 10 tIe atisraeliomiddot

the different 6Cdion~ of the Navajo Reserlationt _ M MrJUTT Thet iH mure or Ilts~ jfuJOtHY flllOn~ the Indi

89 wt11 UN alllol1g the HlJpellntenuents and each 8uperintend~nt it trying to get IS milch as Iossible for hi Indiana

Mr CRAMTON Are yon able to work it out rairly tilteloriljtMr MUlTI Ybullbull8ir lIIr CTO~ I 9Upl)( you have dicu9amped thiN moUer

thom I Mr ~hIIT Yl tiil Thllt is nne of the 8ubjfcta that was

clIs~ed I al~o [liscuSet1 it with the superintendents outside of council

IIIr CRATON Ale ltV sympothetic ith thot lrogroml Mr ~hauTr VelY I1Ullh so tll1d ery l11uch pleased with the

porlunity They think it ift remarkable tht we were able to thr npprol)riation

JIl CUgtJTOH The poliev this committt storte on 1bullbullt yeat In find the Iftnd and secure the ate supply and tiM the funJs that IHrel with Ulti apJir01Aftshy MrIlrTT y(~ llit4

0 Mr CIIAMTUN 11l botlf KNeHt

lNTEtII)R DFPAnTMpNT APPROPIIUTION BIII~ I uo 761

MEJUTT Thty lutt ~lIne nthl inColllE from Iht Iole uf

CItAJfTHH UHfK it tmiddotnf~h $200J()() eur r M~nTl Not t this time r CltAMmiddotnp Hu the ltIy nut lx nble tn otitllie thiM applopd rI 01 thut h~lst

llr ~hlllTT No~ h YmiddotOtl eouM make it l~itntH1l8able

~r (UATO willllot bullnsider tht Nt no~middot llr lthMITT 1h(re wi1 lit no 4lUtottion - tOut thti hllviu~ ruuIW)

~1IioP Wtmiddot hllvtmiddot untlel tuntJat hr sa)e millinn IIHI It hulf Iollnl (if t ilUltl~Imiddot

CflAMTUN TJuit gtill prubahl) (Olllt in in time to HI~ thl ~bullbull propriniHIl Thev hurtgt $400000 now nnt Itt ntwllt $HKIOOO bull

II fhnt willlutl ntuJ11 tlUN~ Ol otll UtM ~lrlIhRI1T~ e~ Kir bull

~

IIIIU UP lHI(lffU~~Mn NtK(JAIlY Itril)JASK AKIIIlrrOX

tUAPgtITUN Th~ ntxt item is tl1lCX11f11111it 1In1nllf ur $0122 nf thfO IIIIIrOlttlntlt1 jlt H~UUU tur Iht or th NIIWIIUy Idlllu~ tu1nliffl III fht til tit JraquoI~IIUIII ( JtIU fu I 6U whl(h untxIudni hnlalllt u fllllfhuwd IIIIIIM dudliit IIII 1tlr l1f21 h litp lUt u( -1Htti1 t 11124 (H ~jttt It 1111 1M htrtmiddotlty IllIlOtmiddot

~lIlhllmiddot durIn Ule 111oIul Yfttr tU4(Imiddott ~ tit Imf1~ Ht nmiddot11I1l thl IKlIt lOr ~c1 huHuu InmJ the old NlQtlfllly cuHhr tu n lIel hmiddottll1ll

)Ir 1hIUlT Th~ nd or Hl(pmler 5 1914 (J Htllt L 6tH) ppnl

rriated ~5tU()U~ BftlitioJ1nl (olUllenstioll fm tlit Nisflll11y ludlt4 n thtmiddot Sfnh of rn~hillzhm whosf lund tl~ tMkon ltv tilt novI Inl clnrin1 tltt WDf (01 milihlry pmmiddotp0s Ttlt 1111 tRkc-u ill shy(hljtmiddot1 lhtmiddot lIiLml l(gtlIwtNY

The Kmn uf $1HK7fi7n WUK Imi(1 to intllttlunl ullnlt(( ItlviuJ( l n ~ uf Gl~4~ft wllidt it WKM fhe inttlltiuH to Iitilize fOl the rt

of bU(Htgt~ flmH tile origtnd frltvf-~ tu It IWW ((lIlthIY Atshyr(Orltlngly htgt ltd of Mor(middot 1 lU26 (44- Stilt r 17-1) rlmiddotuPI)ropriuhmiddotI

~ Rnlonnt wliilh hatl Inps(t fOl tiltgt fis(~Mt Itt lU~ IIUWtll

thr election ontl pnl( lut~ of ft IlfW Nile [lmiddot(tuirttI 1Hn~idlrlth1tmiddot hm and this wnN IHit tumiddotcompthlu ( until urttr ~Jmw al IUli wlltli thtgt Ollt agna nmiddotmiddotImiddotttt1 10 the Tr~RSUlv lln~lll Iht dttHm~tnnns thtrefHl it is timiddotNirtl thut Ihi ImlulU Iw IIIlIckmiddot uuilubh tor tile oridnal purpmlte tlmitlt IIHO fhu 1 )(111 1VaO ItO thnt the removal uf lht rnKlits (AU ue tlrtIh(l without (uttI It I

Ilay ~Ir CR~fTON Thtlt Rtf to (ompltCe- the )llOp091tlon of nuanvlIIg the gr8f~ t ~Ir AIElUTr YfS lh- llr CJlA~fT()N Have tlumiddoty ronciucl(d to 18( tlte tIUVeK 1(1110((1 t 1tr MIRITT It is 1IIatisruetmY to )ue it llout

IxrtNtU8 JM UltINO u nut UP FUtTFMN lUUtOKttJ4 N(lCTIl (IIUII

MI MrnITJ Yes ir 0 Mr (ItANlUNbullbull How mnrh ill the-ir annual incomef MI CJM1TO-N The next tem ISo

Mr MUlTI Their income from oil lat ytar WlII nearly fSO(Xl r Caruhllf out th lrtlylIflHti t act tnIUd Au lC1 1ldlnl( fur That hu been illCreaeed bull little bit at lbbullbull time nll1 dlllllth u 11p rrI Hf u~ 1OAI rn ItI iff hlk Imll In

Mr C llTON Have tlley aome otb ineome Kurth (ullmiddot alIrt1veil Jaue 4 1924 JUJOOO Ill fU tnlllb Ih~hot bullbull I begt er nlaquolr

-t~w41111s If aItrttfuT~~dt a regular meeting of the Board of Director3 of the ianb Fe Pacific ~ilshy road Compllly held on June 27th 1922 a quorum being present anli voting the ollowing action was taken as appears from the record opound the aid metin

Resolveri That the Pre3ident of the Santa Fe Pacific Rlilroad Company or E J Engel Vice-Presishydent of said Company be and each of them horoby ibullbulluthoribullbulld lnd empowered to cout in Ul~ llame ot this Company any and all deed3 relinquishment or conveyances to the United States of America or to others transferring nlleasing or conveying all right title and interest in and to any land owned or earned by or enuring to this Company abullbullueo or in intert to the Atlalltic and Pacilc Railroad Comshypany or any right title and interest in and to any land which enures to this Company in the way of lieu selections or otherwise independently of the Grant of July 27 1866 to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company

Resolved FUrlher That the Secretary or Assistant Secrctuy of this Company be and he hereby is authorized 3nd directed to attest the execution of any such d d rclinquihment or conyelance and to aJfix thereto the corpor~te seal

( c 1 Iun

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$ ~tCIV t)

Dnted Topeka June 17th 1929 JUN 25 lSZ9 )I

App61

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THIS INDETURE ade this fourtcenth dar of Yay one

tho uSlnc nine hundred and t1cn ty-nine by and bttmiddot7een the SAnTA

Fll PACHIC RAILlCAD CC~(PAlr 1 corporation dulr incorporated by

Act of ConereSA ~pproved March 3 1397 arty of the first part

and hereinntter designs-hd the first party and the

OF A1LlUCA Ul TRUST FOR THl lAVAJO IRIBpound party of

part and hereinafter designat~d the second party

in eonsidera-WIOSSTH That t1e said first party for and 1-

t10n Qf the swn Qf forty-two thlusond ninety-nine and 71 100 r ~

dollar9 ($4209971) to it 1n hand paid oj the second party S r the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledeed hah granted barshy

gained and sold and by these pree~nts doth grant bargain sell

i and convey subject to th rcservatiore and ccnditione hereinaft~rI contlined unto the said second partr its successors and assigns

that cerbin real progterty situated in the Countr of McKinley and

state of ne Mexico and more particulorly described as follov6

to wi t

TOTln3hip seventeen north rJnts fourteen lest

oto one ho three fou of section one containint two and two hundredths aCrcllj 10t8 onG tO t~lIee four of section thlrshyteen con~ininf scyen and thirty-t71o hunnredthe a(rCBj lote one

twomiddot thee four of section twenty-five ccn tJinins eleven and fiftr-eight hundrdtha ere lotll one tmiddotO three our outh half of th south half of section thirty-one contoin1namp three

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hundXec tllenty-one and sixty hundredths acres lots one two three four eouth hall 0 f the sou th half of section thir ty-thr ee co nshytaming three hundred seventeen Rni seventy-ob hundredths acres lind lots one two trrec fouI outh hnlf of tle lloUth holf of oltction thirtr-five cont(ining tllee hundred ecilteen and twenty hundX ed the M es bull

Township lIegtenteen nOl-th range fifteen west

Lots one tYIO threc feu- scuth half of the south half of Bection th1Jty-one contalning three hundred fifteen and twenty hundredths acree lotI) one two three fOUr south half of the south half of section thirty-three containing three hundredaevenshyteen Rnd ninety-eight hundrec1trs acres InC lots one two three fou eouth half of the south half of section thirty-five containshying three hundred fifteen nm trenty hundredths acres

rovuhill fifteen north range oixteen west

Section one containinc nix hlrcr~( tirty-nine and fifty-to hundredths acres section three COltinins sLx hurrlred fortyshyone and ninety hundredths acres section fin containinc su hunshycred thirty-eisht anc eighty-two huncredths acres section eeyen containlnrr Six humired s L-teen lml eiGhteen hundredths acres section nine containinG sb hunred fort Ilces section eleven containinG 51- huncred fort~r Rcree lots one l two t~ree four of secti on th irt e en -onti1 ining one hUncled ninct-fire and I ixty hunshydredthfl acren lots one tl10 tc~ four s~ction fifteen containshyinS one hl1ndred e 13hty-f1V(l anc hen ty-eight huncr ~c ths acres and lots one hlO threc four of section seventpen contmiddotdnlng one hunshydred serenty-rour and auteen hundredtlls ac~s

Townohip sixteen nor th rncre exteen weet bull

Section one -ontaininc five hUlJl(d ninety-five Ilnd t-7enty hunlredths scr mction tlr~e (ontnininc oi- huncred one nnd eichty hllr0Ir1tho acre lection fiTc cntlininZ 3ix huniled LC and eiclty-eiGht ilumrcdtllll acres section seve1 containing five hundred ninety-five ane ninety-tlo hundr~dths ocres section nine ~ntn1ning cic hundrej fort nce2~ ocction el~v~n containing sLx hundred forty acres section thirteen containing six J(unlred forty acres section fifteen containinG six hundred forty acres section seventeen contAininG six hundred forty acr~s section nineteen contlninz 3U hunred two nnd f1fty-tro hun~redthll acre~ flection twenty-one containing six hundred forty acres section twenty-three containing six hundred forty acres eection tventy-five containing

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six hUndred fcrtJ acr~s section tmiddotlcnt-sevcn containing six hunshydred fortynctes section twenty-nine tontaining six hundred forty acres section thh-ty-onlt conttining lix hundred eleven andmiddottvelve hundr~dth5 acres section th1rty-t~ec c~ntaining six hundred forty acres and section thirty-fi7~ contl1n1ng six hundred forty acr~

Townohi31 seventeen north ranee aicteen west V ats one to threo fou south hl othe aouh hal of

section thirtr-one contllinlng thrf( hundred file and twenty-eight hundredths acres lata aile two trll four Ollth half of the south half of section thirty-three contnining three hundred eight and twenty-one hundredths acres ani lots one t770 tuce four south half of the south half of section thirty-file containing three hundred ten and sevcnty-eight humlredths acres

TOIlShip fourteen north ral1e seventeen west

Lots ene tlTO t1rec fcur fiyc 30uthle~t quarer of the north71eet quarter we~t h-f of the sOltthmiddot7cs~ quarter of section thee continbpound two hun~ru tirty-fi7c and fifty-sLv hundedths acres section fie cont~dninc six huncred thirty-eitht and eiehtyshyeiGht hundredths acres section seven cantabin six hurdred t1irshyty-eight and tlelle hurdlmiddot~~tl1l aces section nine containing sb hundrcd forty acres lots one two t~~ four west half of the 7lest hillf of section fifteen oont)inillG tmiddot1I0 hundred thirty-six ancl eichty-eight hunClmiddot~dths acres section secnteen oontdning

-s- hundred forty ltcres section nineteen containino six hunred forty and elh tY-lliZht hunre(l tho ncres sectior twentr-one onshytinir si hundred fe-rty ncre lots one tmiddoto three four west half of tr-e west half of sect ion tmiddotenty-seven cont1ining two hun- ded tlirtr-nine and ninetr-t~o hundred trl acre~ nortJ1 l-Rlf lind south77es t lUilt ter of aec tion tvent Imiddot-nine cont lining four hun red eipoundhty acres ltlnd south hill of ee~tion thilty-three on~ain7ingthree hundred twenty acres

Townohip fifteen north raneo seventeen reGt

S~ction one cantilbing lix hundred eiohty-nine and eichtyshyfalul1undrecths aCles spction three containirl( six h~red forty and forty-two hUrldredth~ ltIcres section five containing six hunshydr ed thlrtl-nine and nine ty-tmiddot10 hundr ed ths ecr es sect ion seven containing aL hundred thirt-ninc illT ninetJ-folr huncredths acres north~ast qunrter Dnd 50Ut~ half of scction nine containshying four hucir~d eielty acres Jots one two tlIee four 01 5eoshy

tion thirteen containine one hundred sixty-four anc forty-eig1-Jt hundredths acres lots one two three fall) five six west half

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of te ~vest hlllf of s~ction fifteen r~e~rlins and exceptinG thereshyfroll a1- that part 0 Sll d a ec tion inc luded between lines parallel wi tl and two hundred feet each side of the center line of te orishyginal Inin track of The Atchison Topcla and santa pe Railway Comshypany con ~ining an nr~n 0 f ben t-four and twen ~y-four hundred the lcrs more ~r lens soid odinal mnin trc being the present ell-a bound mun track containing three hundred ard thirty-seven hundredths acre) loti) onll two east half J east half of the no-thshywest quarter of section nlnetetln con t2inino four hundled eighty-one end nine hundred -hs ClC r co i eas t hnl f w~s t iw-l f or the north1fcS t quarter Bouth half of the sotlthwst quarter of section twenty-one containing fOW hundred eiGhty acres IIut half of the southvle3t qur~er ot aeetion tlIenty-J~en etm~~ininG eitihty acre cection twent y-nine con tining 9 ix hundred fa rty aClOS and Mction thi rtyshyOle containin Six hundred thirty-eight and eilthtr-four hundredths aores

- l0~rnah1p Bi~teen north seyentecn lest ranGe

section one continine six hunded fcurteen- and forty hundredths ccr~s aection three contcininc six hurdred twenty-two and fotlr hundr~d~i1s ocrs e ec~ion file cont1inn oi hundred ttventy-four and fit1-tmiddotTO hund-cdths ac~8 sectic 9~encont i1ing six hundcd thir~y-tmiddot7o and fifty-to-No hundedtlo aces section nine containing aix htlndred forty acres sec~ion eleve containing six hundred forty accs section thirteen cont1irire six hundred forty acre3 section fift-en cont~ining six hund-cd fo=7J acres section sevnteen conttinin six huntlrti forty acres scction nineteen cont3ining ~ix hund=cd thirty-six aml fQrtr-fcu hund-edth1 acres section tRenty-one conttining six hundr~d fortl ocres section tIVent-y-three contJininf six hundred fo~tr aces section tentyshyfive eontdinin six hundrod fQrty teres section twenty-serenconshytaininamp six hundred forty acreo section twenty-nine containing six hundred forty acreo section thirty-one cont~inins six hundred thirty 9~~n and forty-~our hundredths ncreo section thirty-thrsecontainshyin six hundred forty acresand section thirty-five containing six hundred forty acreo

lo1rnshlp eeYentecn north ranbe aeventecn west y

Lots one two three four south half of the south half of sectlon thiriy-m~ urtinin t-o hl1nured nin tr-~n and th1rty- eight hundredths ocre lots one t~o three fotlr south half of tre south half of section thirty-three containing three hundred seven ILnd eeventy-eight hl1ndrdths nrree and lots one tlIe three fou- BOUth half of the Botlth half of seotion thirty-five containing three hundred six and two hundr ed ths ac res

containins in the aggreg(lte forty-bo thousJnd ninetyshynine and aevtntr-one hundr~dths acres

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of te ~vest hlllf of s~ction fifteen r~e~rlins and exceptinG thereshyfroll a1- that part 0 Sll d a ec tion inc luded between lines parallel wi tl and two hundred feet each side of the center line of te orishyginal Inin track of The Atchison Topcla and santa pe Railway Comshypany con ~ining an nr~n 0 f ben t-four and twen ~y-four hundred the lcrs more ~r lens soid odinal mnin trc being the present ell-a bound mun track containing three hundred ard thirty-seven hundredths acre) loti) onll two east half J east half of the no-thshywest quarter of section nlnetetln con t2inino four hundled eighty-one end nine hundred -hs ClC r co i eas t hnl f w~s t iw-l f or the north1fcS t quarter Bouth half of the sotlthwst quarter of section twenty-one containing fOW hundred eiGhty acres IIut half of the southvle3t qur~er ot aeetion tlIenty-J~en etm~~ininG eitihty acre cection twent y-nine con tining 9 ix hundred fa rty aClOS and Mction thi rtyshyOle containin Six hundred thirty-eight and eilthtr-four hundredths aores

- l0~rnah1p Bi~teen north seyentecn lest ranGe

section one continine six hunded fcurteen- and forty hundredths ccr~s aection three contcininc six hurdred twenty-two and fotlr hundr~d~i1s ocrs e ec~ion file cont1inn oi hundred ttventy-four and fit1-tmiddotTO hund-cdths ac~8 sectic 9~encont i1ing six hundcd thir~y-tmiddot7o and fifty-to-No hundedtlo aces section nine containing aix htlndred forty acres sec~ion eleve containing six hundred forty accs section thirteen cont1irire six hundred forty acre3 section fift-en cont~ining six hund-cd fo=7J acres section sevnteen conttinin six huntlrti forty acres scction nineteen cont3ining ~ix hund=cd thirty-six aml fQrtr-fcu hund-edth1 acres section tRenty-one conttining six hundr~d fortl ocres section tIVent-y-three contJininf six hundred fo~tr aces section tentyshyfive eontdinin six hundrod fQrty teres section twenty-serenconshytaininamp six hundred forty acreo section twenty-nine containing six hundred forty acreo section thirty-one cont~inins six hundred thirty 9~~n and forty-~our hundredths ncreo section thirty-thrsecontainshyin six hundred forty acresand section thirty-five containing six hundred forty acreo

lo1rnshlp eeYentecn north ranbe aeventecn west y

Lots one two three four south half of the south half of sectlon thiriy-m~ urtinin t-o hl1nured nin tr-~n and th1rty- eight hundredths ocre lots one t~o three fotlr south half of tre south half of section thirty-three containing three hundred seven ILnd eeventy-eight hl1ndrdths nrree and lots one tlIe three fou- BOUth half of the Botlth half of seotion thirty-five containing three hundred six and two hundr ed ths ac res

containins in the aggreg(lte forty-bo thousJnd ninetyshynine and aevtntr-one hundr~dths acres

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----~~~ an~ =~s~r7in~ to the gr~~tor its SUCCCSBO=S a~d aJs~ns all 011 tlS CO11 nnd cinc-lo whatsoever al-eadr found or which may hereafter btl found upon 0- unde- said hnds with the r1ht to proopect for mint and rtlllove tnt same and to use Be much Qf the surface of B~id lands as shall be necessary andconshyv~nient for shaftJ wells tanks ~i~ line~ ri~ht8 of wa7 rail shyroad tracko storage purposQS and other and different etructures and purpose~ neces~ary and convenient for the digging drilling and worlting of any mines 0- IIclll3 which may be Olerated on said lands The grantor its SICCeS50rs 0- assiena ill pny to the

grantee 1 ts successors or assigns the fair value of the surface of all lands with improvementa thereon appropriated under this excelt1Qnand rellervat1on U the partles cannot agree on Buch value it lhall be fixed by three appraiscrs of ~hom each party shall appoint one and the two BO appointed shall appoint the third

Reservin and etcltlpting however from the said real proshy

~erty abova described nnd from the operation of this deed anr

portion or portions of the said property above described if any

such there be which are situated vrihin two lines dra7n parallel

to and distant fro each other two hudrcd feet ac each distant

ona hundrltd feet fror thO cente- line of tile railroad of The

Atchi9Qn lQpeku and santa Fe Raila Company as nCf constructed

and including in addition the-eto all existing grounds now used

for stations workshops depots machine shops s71tchea sideshy

tracks turn-tables 0- water stations also raaerring and exceptshy

ing any portion or portions of ouch property as are now used ocshy

cupied or enjoyed by 1h~ AtChi50n TOpejlta and santa Fe Railway Comshy

pany for other railroad pur~ose or purposes incidental theretoor

in any manner or degree devoted to such purpoeeo and e~ccpting

and reserying alilo Su~h lotions of s1tid real property as la7 hae

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p-orlat~d or d~diclted 0- o~herviBe acrred for public

roada and hismajfI or other public uses

IO HAVl AD TO HOLD the B]id real property above deshy

crlbed and ita appurtenancea unto the Daid second party ita

rese-va tiona exotlp tions covenants and CD nd Hione above c onshy

tained and hereinafter eet forth

And the said first party doth htl-~by covenant with the

said second party ita successors and assigns that it is lawfully

lIehed of the IIfOlCld repound1l property and ttat the lIame is fee

and clenr of all inCUlnbrtlnces WBtsoever and that it rill forever

warrlnt and defend the title to the Baid r~al propertr unto the

said second party ita auccesscr~ ~nd as~icno agsinst sll persona

lawfully claiming or to claim the lliUne except taxea that rna be

levied atIr J)ecefoer 31st 1929 promiddotlided however that it is lt

e7presslr urd ers to 0 d and reed bet~e en the parties hereto Ua t in

caoe the title to nny of such lsnd intended hereby to be conveyed

should fail or tile second port ehould be evicted therefroro or from any portion thereof by any person or persons holdine title

paramount t the title sc intenrlltf her=b to be conveyed tr t then

and in such event the ceaJure of calMgeo on account thereof as

well as telr the breach of any cllvnltlnt of farrllnty contained in

thi9delid whether expreooud or illplicd s~ll be euch oum and

I no more al vUl b~ produced bJ multiJlying tht number of acres

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p-orlat~d or d~diclted 0- o~herviBe acrred for public

roada and hismajfI or other public uses

IO HAVl AD TO HOLD the B]id real property above deshy

crlbed and ita appurtenancea unto the Daid second party ita

rese-va tiona exotlp tions covenants and CD nd Hione above c onshy

tained and hereinafter eet forth

And the said first party doth htl-~by covenant with the

said second party ita successors and assigns that it is lawfully

lIehed of the IIfOlCld repound1l property and ttat the lIame is fee

and clenr of all inCUlnbrtlnces WBtsoever and that it rill forever

warrlnt and defend the title to the Baid r~al propertr unto the

said second party ita auccesscr~ ~nd as~icno agsinst sll persona

lawfully claiming or to claim the lliUne except taxea that rna be

levied atIr J)ecefoer 31st 1929 promiddotlided however that it is lt

e7presslr urd ers to 0 d and reed bet~e en the parties hereto Ua t in

caoe the title to nny of such lsnd intended hereby to be conveyed

should fail or tile second port ehould be evicted therefroro or from any portion thereof by any person or persons holdine title

paramount t the title sc intenrlltf her=b to be conveyed tr t then

and in such event the ceaJure of calMgeo on account thereof as

well as telr the breach of any cllvnltlnt of farrllnty contained in

thi9delid whether expreooud or illplicd s~ll be euch oum and

I no more al vUl b~ produced bJ multiJlying tht number of acres

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llce paid by the second pcty to the filjt party 10= the ole

msea which the tecond part shall be entitled to r~ci7c or reshy

cover fro~ the first party on account of an] b=ench 0= breaches

1n the covenant or CCV~nn1ts ron-lined in this deed whether

erpresscd or implied I exceed the said NllOunt a1ove expresoed

as the cQneiderlltion hereof to wit the IlUlll of forty-two troushy

send n1nety-nine and 71100 dollars ($4209971) a~d interest

on auch amount from th date of th~ payment the(Qi at the rate

of si~ per cent pcr an~u

Ilr 11175 iiILitdiF l1e slti tl 5AFTA P PACIFC RAIItCAD

CQ2AX[ the ir~t IJ-Y hls caused this deed to be Signed bl Vi

1tsArresidcrt and att~sttd b~ its An~iutt sec-t=ry and ita

aell to be dl ~fixcd tlH day Ild ~elr firt above written

SANlJ

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state of Il11no1J t )

ao CQunty o~ Cook )

en this 14-+- 1929 before e I EJWd

me appaared W S~OBEY to ~e Dersonally known ~oJ being ~ e-by me duly BYorn did Dny that he is thepres1dent of the 6A1lA

Fpound PACIEIC RAILROAD COOAlfI a corporation orsnniled ani edetshy

ing under and by v1rtue of nn Act of Consresa approved larch 3

1697 and thlt tJ-c le~l lUied to Ilnid instrument 10 the cormiddot

pOlate seal of said corporation and thnt sRid intrJIlent was

Signed and sealed in 1-~alf of anic corpor at ion by au thori ty of e J cvu

ito beard of diractol3 and Slid -1 3 acmoViledged said

instunent to be the free nct and deed of enid corIloration

-J~)S mf h~nl ane oe~1~_ no~arlmiddot ~_ t 1 0w II-+J - day 0middotshy 1 bullnshy

A D 1929

~~~ Notary Public

llr cOlllllission eXJires Sir iiifVl 13 trlf 1 13

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UNITED STATES

DEPART1ENT OF THE INTERIORY 25205 OFFICE OF THE SOL-leITOR

WISHINGTON

SEP 13 1929middot

The Honorab1s

The Soorotary of the Interior

Dear Mr Sooretary

At the e~e3tlon of the COmmissioner ot Indian Afshy

fairs =Y opinion has been requested as to the quality

ot t1tle and suffic1enoy ot two deeds to the Un1tod States

- in trust tor the Navajo Ind1ans both exeouted ander date

of ij4y 14 1929 by the Santa Fe Paoifio Railroad Company

a oorporat1on one Oonveying 5213337 aorss in Cooonino

County ArIz0DA and lhe other 4201971 aores in UcKlnley

County New ~x1oo more partioularly dsscribe~ 1n the deeds

The oons1deration 1s $1 ampA acre a tot~l ot ~94213oa and 1s to be paid trom tribal funds bolongins to the

Navajo Indiana pursuant to an appropr1at1on oarried by

the act ot May 9 1929 (45 Stat 883 899-900)

By the aot or ~ul7 27 1866 (14 Stat 292) Congress

1n a1d or the construct1on of a railroad made a grant to

the atlant1c and Pac1fie Ra1lroad Company ot all the oddshy

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UNITED STATES

DEPART1ENT OF THE INTERIORY 25205 OFFICE OF THE SOL-leITOR

WISHINGTON

SEP 13 1929middot

The Honorab1s

The Soorotary of the Interior

Dear Mr Sooretary

At the e~e3tlon of the COmmissioner ot Indian Afshy

fairs =Y opinion has been requested as to the quality

ot t1tle and suffic1enoy ot two deeds to the Un1tod States

- in trust tor the Navajo Ind1ans both exeouted ander date

of ij4y 14 1929 by the Santa Fe Paoifio Railroad Company

a oorporat1on one Oonveying 5213337 aorss in Cooonino

County ArIz0DA and lhe other 4201971 aores in UcKlnley

County New ~x1oo more partioularly dsscribe~ 1n the deeds

The oons1deration 1s $1 ampA acre a tot~l ot ~94213oa and 1s to be paid trom tribal funds bolongins to the

Navajo Indiana pursuant to an appropr1at1on oarried by

the act ot May 9 1929 (45 Stat 883 899-900)

By the aot or ~ul7 27 1866 (14 Stat 292) Congress

1n a1d or the construct1on of a railroad made a grant to

the atlant1c and Pac1fie Ra1lroad Company ot all the oddshy

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numbered seot1ons ot publio land within presor1bod plaoe

l1mite on oither ulde or the rond w1th certain oxoeptions

not here ~tcrlal Allot tho lands hero involved appear

to hnve boen included withtn this Brant und upon examinashy

tion of abstraots of title praparad br the reoorders ot

the respeotivo Oounties 1n ~h1oh tho lnnus are located

tind that a n~or or mortgogos or deeds of trust wsre

oxeoutOd allot wbioh however have been released e1ther

voluntarily or 1n virtue ot foreolosure proceedings had

in tho Distriot Court tor the Second j~dio101 D13~r1ot

ot tho Territo~ or New Mexioo pursunnt to which tho

lewd~ wera solO and duly oonToyed by OTIen 1i IJarrol

speoial master U l to Aldaoe 1 Walker R Somera na1es

and Viotor ~rpoundwetz under date of luna 2 lSi Subseshy

quently on June 24 leg the srantees j~at mentioned

oonTeyed to the santa 1e PaoUio Railroad Compall1 Jlly

~ 1_03 the rallroad oompanr oOllveyed to the Santa F~

Paoit1c Development COIllp8ll7 and the 1nthr oompan1 r~

oonTeyed to the ra1lroad company Oil ~roh 11 li04

TIle Santa Ie Pao1rto Rallroad Company thua suooeeded

to and beoame possessed of all the rights sranted by the

oot-ot 1600 Bupra to tile AUantlo and Pac1tic Railroad App71

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COllq)all7 Illld all ot the landa involved in one of 11$ deeds

herewith that is those situated 11l McK1nloy County New

Mexioo were patented 1n tee sImple to the railroad

oompany said patents be1fl8 numbered l~ 30 and 59

dated respeotively Apr1l 27 1909 February 14 1917

and January lB 11124

The lands e=braoed 1n the remaining deed looated

1n Cooon1no County lrlzona do not apPG~r to h~vo been

patented to the railroad oOmpany for thG r~aso~ apparentl1-thntnone ot s~oh lands havo as yet been oftiolnl17

S~)lIled Bu lnaslmloh 88 the gran t IlIflde bjlt the 10 t or lOeiQ ro Olle 1n pra~Mn11 tllklll euro effect by roletion os

ot tho date ot the statute hen maps ot def1n1to looctlOl1

Yure f1le and npvroved (United States v Southam P~o1t10

Ii L~

Co 146 U S 57 Southam fpoundo1flc pound2 v I bullbull

Unl~d States 166 U S 1) the patents when iSBuad are i I

bullI but confIrmatory ot a titl0 already ~nsser ane hence their

nonoxistenoe IB not oono1derod muter1~1 and ~r be dis-

regu-Id At th18 po1nt 1 t cay be obserTed that tilll deed

affecting thQSS 1~ud8 1n quitolaim in torm describing tho

londs according to protraotions made by the Commi8a1on~r

or the Coneral La~d Orrice ~nd rro~ ex1st1ng plata or

App72

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DurT~y along ~ne COIOraao R1Ter ~d the instrument ex

pressly etates that its purpose is to convey all the

right title nnd intorost of the Santa Fe Railroad

Company in and to n~id land whether desoribed as hereshy

in or aooording to an aotual survey ~de by the United

S~atell

It further appe~rs frOQ the nb3tract~ that nll or the lands under oonsideration ~ere included in a deed

dated Dece~ber 17 1912 by which the Santa Fa Paoifio - Railroad Company conveyed to the United States an e~ten-

8118 area or land 1n ArizoM on( Uell MexIco In explonllshy

tiOD or this oonveyance it May bo said thnt by ~ecutiTe

orders or ~nnuarr 8 1900 and NOTember~ 1901 considershy

able areas of public lands in the thon Territory of

Arizona were Withdrawn tor the benefit of the NavaJO

Indians and added ~ their reservation A large part or

thl area so withdrawn also tell within the 11m1t3 ot the

STant to the Atlantic and Paoific Railroad C03pany under

the aot of l866 onerahp b) the railroad compnny ot

the odd-numbered seotions and ownersh1p by the GOTernshy

ment tor the Indians or the even-numbered sections thus

presented a oheckerboard err~ement verr unaat1afaoto17

App73

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from an ~~nlatratiTo viewpoint nnd puruant to an

effort to effect an exohange ot lands under the aot ot

April 21 1904 (33 Stat 211) the conveyance of 1912

to the Government was executed b7 the railroad oompan1

For reaGon unneoesnary here to disouss the proposed

axohanee waa nQ~ completed nnd tho deed dever beoame

effeotive Jee 1n tuia oonnection JolioitQra opinion

of Y~bruary 9 1924 (~ GS06)

Approprlate oertifioates ara appendod to the

abotraots to the effeot that thoT contal~ n tull true

and oorreot Bt~tewent ot all Inst~ents tlled or

reoorded in the offices at the reoorders ot tho r8spoot1ve

countle3j th~t there are no suits pendIng Jadg=ent

11ena or enoumbrances or any nuture whatsoQver on tlle

or of record In elther tbe off10e ot the olerk ot the

SUpor1or Court or Coool11110 County A11ol1 or 01 the

o1t10e ot the olerk or the D1str1ot Court or LIoKinley

Countr New ~xloo and th~t All taxec leTied an4

asselsed aaAil1st ~he lands h~70 been ~ald Inoludlna the

taxes tor thooyvar 01929

The deedc~ upon exWl1ina t10u appoU to be properl)0

exeouted 111 aooordance wIth the las ot the Staten ot

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Ar1~Qna and New ~xloo and I Bee no reason why they mar

not b~ aooepted br you as conTering good title to the

United States rovldlne the abstracts are brought down

to date allorring thnt nath~ hl1l tr=splred affecting

the title slnca tAa dates of the ~st cortificates to

tne present abstracts

Respeotfully

I

Sgdl E C FINNEY

So11cl 1001- Approved SEP 13 1929 (Signed) Johll B Edards

Msiltant SeoretarT

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CtlPllt witn record to ~---

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-COMPTROIUR GENERAl OF THE UNITpoundQ STATEs

WAIHJHQTOH

Tho ionQrable no secretarr of the Interior

Sir

r nere hAs been approved for allowance the

claim of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad CollamprlY for $9423308 representing the purchase price of 5213337 acres more or less or land in Coconino Count) bull Ar1Ofla and 4209971 acres more or leas of land in llcX1nlcy Count) Ne lexico to be conveyod to the United States 111 truat for the NaVajo Tribe of Indiana

In COllllectio1 ith the final cUspoc1tion of tho case there ere forwarded herewith abstracts of title and deeds dated U~ 14 1929 pertaining to the above-described propert Tbe Trenattror of the UDlted Statu lrill tr8nSlllit to you a check drallll to the order of the Santa Fe PaCific Ballroeil Company in the 111 of $9423308 to bc delivered to the claUuant u~On the vesting in tne t1niteltl States of a v1ll1d fee iaJple

Ibulltitle to the land referred to free of all ell=brlll1cea

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DurT~y along ~ne COIOraao R1Ter ~d the instrument ex

pressly etates that its purpose is to convey all the

right title nnd intorost of the Santa Fe Railroad

Company in and to n~id land whether desoribed as hereshy

in or aooording to an aotual survey ~de by the United

S~atell

It further appe~rs frOQ the nb3tract~ that nll or the lands under oonsideration ~ere included in a deed

dated Dece~ber 17 1912 by which the Santa Fa Paoifio - Railroad Company conveyed to the United States an e~ten-

8118 area or land 1n ArizoM on( Uell MexIco In explonllshy

tiOD or this oonveyance it May bo said thnt by ~ecutiTe

orders or ~nnuarr 8 1900 and NOTember~ 1901 considershy

able areas of public lands in the thon Territory of

Arizona were Withdrawn tor the benefit of the NavaJO

Indians and added ~ their reservation A large part or

thl area so withdrawn also tell within the 11m1t3 ot the

STant to the Atlantic and Paoific Railroad C03pany under

the aot of l866 onerahp b) the railroad compnny ot

the odd-numbered seotions and ownersh1p by the GOTernshy

ment tor the Indians or the even-numbered sections thus

presented a oheckerboard err~ement verr unaat1afaoto17

App73

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from an ~~nlatratiTo viewpoint nnd puruant to an

effort to effect an exohange ot lands under the aot ot

April 21 1904 (33 Stat 211) the conveyance of 1912

to the Government was executed b7 the railroad oompan1

For reaGon unneoesnary here to disouss the proposed

axohanee waa nQ~ completed nnd tho deed dever beoame

effeotive Jee 1n tuia oonnection JolioitQra opinion

of Y~bruary 9 1924 (~ GS06)

Approprlate oertifioates ara appendod to the

abotraots to the effeot that thoT contal~ n tull true

and oorreot Bt~tewent ot all Inst~ents tlled or

reoorded in the offices at the reoorders ot tho r8spoot1ve

countle3j th~t there are no suits pendIng Jadg=ent

11ena or enoumbrances or any nuture whatsoQver on tlle

or of record In elther tbe off10e ot the olerk ot the

SUpor1or Court or Coool11110 County A11ol1 or 01 the

o1t10e ot the olerk or the D1str1ot Court or LIoKinley

Countr New ~xloo and th~t All taxec leTied an4

asselsed aaAil1st ~he lands h~70 been ~ald Inoludlna the

taxes tor thooyvar 01929

The deedc~ upon exWl1ina t10u appoU to be properl)0

exeouted 111 aooordance wIth the las ot the Staten ot

App74

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Ar1~Qna and New ~xloo and I Bee no reason why they mar

not b~ aooepted br you as conTering good title to the

United States rovldlne the abstracts are brought down

to date allorring thnt nath~ hl1l tr=splred affecting

the title slnca tAa dates of the ~st cortificates to

tne present abstracts

Respeotfully

I

Sgdl E C FINNEY

So11cl 1001- Approved SEP 13 1929 (Signed) Johll B Edards

Msiltant SeoretarT

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CtlPllt witn record to ~---

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-COMPTROIUR GENERAl OF THE UNITpoundQ STATEs

WAIHJHQTOH

Tho ionQrable no secretarr of the Interior

Sir

r nere hAs been approved for allowance the

claim of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad CollamprlY for $9423308 representing the purchase price of 5213337 acres more or less or land in Coconino Count) bull Ar1Ofla and 4209971 acres more or leas of land in llcX1nlcy Count) Ne lexico to be conveyod to the United States 111 truat for the NaVajo Tribe of Indiana

In COllllectio1 ith the final cUspoc1tion of tho case there ere forwarded herewith abstracts of title and deeds dated U~ 14 1929 pertaining to the above-described propert Tbe Trenattror of the UDlted Statu lrill tr8nSlllit to you a check drallll to the order of the Santa Fe PaCific Ballroeil Company in the 111 of $9423308 to bc delivered to the claUuant u~On the vesting in tne t1niteltl States of a v1ll1d fee iaJple

Ibulltitle to the land referred to free of all ell=brlll1cea

ltUiectull) bull

~~ ComotrQller General bull Jof ihc United Stat

I

FiLED BYt M G J App76

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K 25205

from an ~~nlatratiTo viewpoint nnd puruant to an

effort to effect an exohange ot lands under the aot ot

April 21 1904 (33 Stat 211) the conveyance of 1912

to the Government was executed b7 the railroad oompan1

For reaGon unneoesnary here to disouss the proposed

axohanee waa nQ~ completed nnd tho deed dever beoame

effeotive Jee 1n tuia oonnection JolioitQra opinion

of Y~bruary 9 1924 (~ GS06)

Approprlate oertifioates ara appendod to the

abotraots to the effeot that thoT contal~ n tull true

and oorreot Bt~tewent ot all Inst~ents tlled or

reoorded in the offices at the reoorders ot tho r8spoot1ve

countle3j th~t there are no suits pendIng Jadg=ent

11ena or enoumbrances or any nuture whatsoQver on tlle

or of record In elther tbe off10e ot the olerk ot the

SUpor1or Court or Coool11110 County A11ol1 or 01 the

o1t10e ot the olerk or the D1str1ot Court or LIoKinley

Countr New ~xloo and th~t All taxec leTied an4

asselsed aaAil1st ~he lands h~70 been ~ald Inoludlna the

taxes tor thooyvar 01929

The deedc~ upon exWl1ina t10u appoU to be properl)0

exeouted 111 aooordance wIth the las ot the Staten ot

App74

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Ar1~Qna and New ~xloo and I Bee no reason why they mar

not b~ aooepted br you as conTering good title to the

United States rovldlne the abstracts are brought down

to date allorring thnt nath~ hl1l tr=splred affecting

the title slnca tAa dates of the ~st cortificates to

tne present abstracts

Respeotfully

I

Sgdl E C FINNEY

So11cl 1001- Approved SEP 13 1929 (Signed) Johll B Edards

Msiltant SeoretarT

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tKOUfIOAIIOIi ~FP 13 1829 OrIgInal aM copy (1114

f cOplps to rhief Clerk or 0lPt

CtlPllt witn record to ~---

T App75

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-COMPTROIUR GENERAl OF THE UNITpoundQ STATEs

WAIHJHQTOH

Tho ionQrable no secretarr of the Interior

Sir

r nere hAs been approved for allowance the

claim of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad CollamprlY for $9423308 representing the purchase price of 5213337 acres more or less or land in Coconino Count) bull Ar1Ofla and 4209971 acres more or leas of land in llcX1nlcy Count) Ne lexico to be conveyod to the United States 111 truat for the NaVajo Tribe of Indiana

In COllllectio1 ith the final cUspoc1tion of tho case there ere forwarded herewith abstracts of title and deeds dated U~ 14 1929 pertaining to the above-described propert Tbe Trenattror of the UDlted Statu lrill tr8nSlllit to you a check drallll to the order of the Santa Fe PaCific Ballroeil Company in the 111 of $9423308 to bc delivered to the claUuant u~On the vesting in tne t1niteltl States of a v1ll1d fee iaJple

Ibulltitle to the land referred to free of all ell=brlll1cea

ltUiectull) bull

~~ ComotrQller General bull Jof ihc United Stat

I

FiLED BYt M G J App76

r __8___

Ar1~Qna and New ~xloo and I Bee no reason why they mar

not b~ aooepted br you as conTering good title to the

United States rovldlne the abstracts are brought down

to date allorring thnt nath~ hl1l tr=splred affecting

the title slnca tAa dates of the ~st cortificates to

tne present abstracts

Respeotfully

I

Sgdl E C FINNEY

So11cl 1001- Approved SEP 13 1929 (Signed) Johll B Edards

Msiltant SeoretarT

1 1 bull

i

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bull I I I bull I bulli

tKOUfIOAIIOIi ~FP 13 1829 OrIgInal aM copy (1114

f cOplps to rhief Clerk or 0lPt

CtlPllt witn record to ~---

T App75

( I bull

~bull bullbullbull bullI -

-COMPTROIUR GENERAl OF THE UNITpoundQ STATEs

WAIHJHQTOH

Tho ionQrable no secretarr of the Interior

Sir

r nere hAs been approved for allowance the

claim of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad CollamprlY for $9423308 representing the purchase price of 5213337 acres more or less or land in Coconino Count) bull Ar1Ofla and 4209971 acres more or leas of land in llcX1nlcy Count) Ne lexico to be conveyod to the United States 111 truat for the NaVajo Tribe of Indiana

In COllllectio1 ith the final cUspoc1tion of tho case there ere forwarded herewith abstracts of title and deeds dated U~ 14 1929 pertaining to the above-described propert Tbe Trenattror of the UDlted Statu lrill tr8nSlllit to you a check drallll to the order of the Santa Fe PaCific Ballroeil Company in the 111 of $9423308 to bc delivered to the claUuant u~On the vesting in tne t1niteltl States of a v1ll1d fee iaJple

Ibulltitle to the land referred to free of all ell=brlll1cea

ltUiectull) bull

~~ ComotrQller General bull Jof ihc United Stat

I

FiLED BYt M G J App76

( I bull

~bull bullbullbull bullI -

-COMPTROIUR GENERAl OF THE UNITpoundQ STATEs

WAIHJHQTOH

Tho ionQrable no secretarr of the Interior

Sir

r nere hAs been approved for allowance the

claim of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad CollamprlY for $9423308 representing the purchase price of 5213337 acres more or less or land in Coconino Count) bull Ar1Ofla and 4209971 acres more or leas of land in llcX1nlcy Count) Ne lexico to be conveyod to the United States 111 truat for the NaVajo Tribe of Indiana

In COllllectio1 ith the final cUspoc1tion of tho case there ere forwarded herewith abstracts of title and deeds dated U~ 14 1929 pertaining to the above-described propert Tbe Trenattror of the UDlted Statu lrill tr8nSlllit to you a check drallll to the order of the Santa Fe PaCific Ballroeil Company in the 111 of $9423308 to bc delivered to the claUuant u~On the vesting in tne t1niteltl States of a v1ll1d fee iaJple

Ibulltitle to the land referred to free of all ell=brlll1cea

ltUiectull) bull

~~ ComotrQller General bull Jof ihc United Stat

I

FiLED BYt M G J App76

llflU bull lOCOOHt1)tG Onc Po JUv ( ~ ( t) I IJ -I - - -- -- -------- shy

I I yg~tOli () tor pct~lt 1n tuu Upon UIOOOnVe1ampllOO to th tr1l1tea ~~ 8 ot 521~)J7 aoro =or or 1 bullbullbullbull ot lana in Cooonino

COUltt1 Arhonll nnd (209971 Dorns lllore or 1008 ot lu4 ill JlOXWe1 Oounty New 400100 I morl) roll 4ooribod in 40048 4ahllJolq 14 1929 (In41an 0141111 No 85152)

II J gt u u_ ~ J bull tm-ee clol1us and bull 1U8l1I shy Zl1zlatr-toUl thou~4 ho hWldred h1rt~ I numbor payablo froll th appropriation(s) cents I has been ampllowed per Above cert1t1oate f-

amp iKQ14 ItfCEIVtD~

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(Olllt~k to b 4alhN4 11 aVeo the 5eoarot1U7 or the Inhr1ii~rttJ delvery 1IhIl to 1Ihe oldllumt When a Tal1c1 tee e1mplll Uu to the lAna berein rercrrea to 1 TetQd 1n the United Stato)

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I R IicCARL Comptroller Ceneral C ol middot94~3oiLrD r (

Bymiddot_middotmiddotmiddot---~~_tC3tl

- ~ IIo-U clai= d i1 u ~~ImcD r icn-~ ho hoU-hl----P--pa---D--or-u---u--ar-o-w-d--Io _ oach 110 Aa applicalioD lor Ai 01 u hoi or amp0 hom or u _Uembullbullbull bullbull~ wU 1a1c bullbullf ohn urwi_ - T- do M tho Ilivloio 0 lb Gbullbullbull A=UDli om U IIIU tertiG d _ will be

IrIMtDJIWd 10 1M Lt Diritioa OQJ~ 0 Comptroller OCDt2Il tOt ~vic Tho inc~~ ebPCt aboutcl IIOL be caamped 1ILI ampmounl Jnclud1 000 lhcIo -min II SP1iod lor bu bullbulliDdnod rould 1 th pphlio lor i App 77

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In rply rtr to

Certificate 1 ~ Q21Z555_ _1_114 __ S~ttlIlnt and

ClAims

NOTiCe or 0-- rmiddot bull 1

REPRccu[oATnE TlOtuI AAOcVEs__----shyGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

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WhlnglOon D c ________ I 192

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Jr I I Co~lall4 1ruar Sank r PaoUie RaUrodCo

Opia ran Peu S1r1 NOV l5192S

w1amp11s~ nnampll~ No 1467 cerUt1oate ot bullbullUlaen 110 01U7Sli5

pqable 111 ~h IIlIIOlIn ot 9423306 to the SalIk 0 ho111c Rdl

road CQlllpIIlIJ I po)IIollto 111 full tor 152 l3317 aores 01 lond 111

Coocn1llc Coullt1 Ar1ZOllll ud 4209971 aoree 01 wd 111 lIclt1111e1 lt

COWlt 1 lin lu1oo Jlora tullT daaor1be4 1n doed dated 14114 1929

Ilndlr aoltnowlodge reoeipt 01 the Ino1004 check bT JZk1Dg

IPlI1op1ampte h4arulII1oni on hh 1atier 01 tranllllittal and ra~n1Di

it to ~hb outoe to cIIap1eto our reoard

51noere11 TOur bullbull

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bull bull We8te~n NSTajo Jganey

bull bull 1Irl Br1Uon Gray ashill8ton DCbull

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INITI~LlNG COpymiddot FOR FILE

OPlla OF nm TRIAst1RR AND ASSISTANT SECUITARY 1

Check 1n payment of land

I 199 bull ~arE S Rhoorls Commiasloncr 0 United State Depurtrrcnt of the interior c ~ ishy

Office of lndi(ln AffairlJ t f~ WachiGton D Of Ugt ~ IIE -

Dear Sir ~iV I

bull lh1G trill acknol71edse reeeiJt of yvur lettcr of - iI Novcmber 15 and tlln1 you for United St tmiddot~o Treurers

0

I chcck in thc mount of ~94233 08 in p(l~rJnt of 5213337 I Dcrp1J of bnd in Coconino County Arizona and 4209971 - in IlcKinley Countr Now 14cico nd D1i tlut thru our col of lIovIl~r 18 this amount las ~lac(ld to the credit o~ Unitod t~to~ D~D(lrtaent 0 interior

As your letter ~1 adlrccd to thio office 1 alii Borrr 1 cunnat C011IllY with rvur rtallct by returninc tbe letter to yeu with an aDprouriate ln40r~cmcnt nckno171cdeinc r(lcCi)t of thc cheel Jf thio (lCkn1Vledecllentis not S1lfilclcnt 1 ohol1 bc Cb1 to lulnih whatever document you lc lre for yur filc and shall be pllsed to uhe you colc of your letLcr ohllwin lmiddotcccit ofthe llaIront in (~Uct1on

Yount truly

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JTAl1

-App79

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UNITED STATESI

I DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

INDIAN FIELD SERVICEI Eaatezn Navajo Asenoy

I Crownpoint Ii Mex ~ bullFeblUar1 3 l~OO

COmmissioner ot Indian Affaire

I Wasll1ngton D C

Dear lpoundlo COlCll11asioner

On lioYember 18 1929 above referencephotostatio copy ot a deed made by the Santa Fe PaoiioRailroad Company to the United Statea ot Amerlca in trust tor the IiavaJo bull tribe COvering 4209971 aores whioh is adJaoent to the FOrt W1n~ gate military reServe to the west and north ~he primary purohase ot this land was to Seoure oontrol ot that area tor the exclusive~ benetlt ot those Indians wi thin the several townships whioh wereraquoUlohased

I wish to SUggest and urge ~qat steps be taken to etfeot regshyulations 1ihioh w111 w1thdraw the Govelnlllant seot10ns w1thil these t01lIlShips trom all forms or entry or settlement and the SUle 11$6shyulationa to apply to Goverlllllent land w1ihin an townsh1p or part ot townships which might be ao~ired in the future tor the benef1t ot the Indians ~h1s is extremely urgent it We are to keep out unshydeSirable traders or other people who might Wish to locate on Some ot the Government seotions with eXlleotations ot causing annoyanoe and eventually Belling out what they may aoquire to the Governmentand in this way have in mind the lIIaking ot aOlilo cUllly lUOllOY Perhapsthis could be included in the moditication ot the regulations ot September 19 1922 Which should also be moditied and simplitied 80 that this moditication could take care ot this item with roapGctto withdrawal or Government sections as abOve mentioned

Very reamppeottully

the Ofrioe cent me a

S F Staohor2-SP-3 --- Super1nt811dent

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HEARINGS

CONSISTIN() or

Meubullbull LOUIS C CRAMTON (CIIAIRWH)

FRANK MUIlPIIY IIURTON L 1ItENCII JOWAItD TAYLOR AND WILLIAM W IIASTINGS

Iff cupoundaos 0

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 193

SEVENTY-FIRST CONOltfSS J TOIRO seSSION

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1 ow IltTJUUOtI DEP4RTlIENT APPIIOPBIATlON DIu lUI

MONDAT NOVEll DEli 17 1930

BUIlEAU OF INDIAN A1FAIIlS

STATEMENTS OF CHARLES 1 RHOADS CO)[MISSIONER OF IKDUI AFFAIRS J HENRY SCATTERGOOD ASSISTANT COMJIlJSSIOID AND SAMUEL M DOOIgt JR BUDGET OFFICER

11r CRAHTON We wHl now tftkB up tho itema lor tbe Dureau

Indian Alftth nnd will hrgllHI to bHvO geneJal yenhtcment from ill conuuildloner Ah IUuuul

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr RIIOAD8 1un eho Var Department Was cr(lated by tbe

o( Cun~rn uf AIIlUllt 7 171(0 tim du(ittt amptltiigncu to it indu-i I oqnnitod in that dOI)urhHcnt on ~Iareh II 1824 Ilnd tllere bullbulllt

IHsigned to it the fttllIlilli~trlti)n or the fund IfCiviliutioll urt ditUlJ ulHlor rcguJatiHuK ~tuhIiHhe(1 by the tlo)ftrtnumt examinaUae I o( duirns ari~ing out uf JtlW8 regUIUtiOU8 iutoreoul2u wilh Judiea I tribc~ amplld ordinftry cnrrrsllluulenco with 8upcrint(JI~llelll~J ag~1II 8tI ub~cnl Liller hy dl6 octr J Iy II 1932 tho ullo 01 lolllm~

ioller (lr Jlldi Alrilgtl w crolll SuigtjIJCt to tho Sretlry Vnf and die rt~ildtmiddotlll thi~ oflitittt was glynn tho lliroclioll mltlll1lumeut or II Ilidinu ulftir1 hnd aU nUltte~ arising IlHliuli rd liulis AlmUl two Villm Jtllm un ftCt Wit pll~I(1 to villu fur tlut u~tIIiintiuH u tIu U(~rtmeut of Inllitlll AfrUlN IIl1d(~I tlil t~JUHtUIiUtt (middotIln1I It~twhmiddotd WUI fltotublitlltld ollUlN ulltli~hlmiddotll ttl1 IUuittiHU It~ uulu ilr ItUIUqtU(M iutrrpro(un (jJWI t~llIplumiddottmiddott~ 1I1middotU($uc u( nnnllitil~1t nud IHlrtlulIo llllil cliitribu~ or IJPplit~ lhiH nut Imiddot tjmiddot~lftllmiddotf 11K tht) uTJJtnit IlW (ur thu hu Ht~Imiddoti(n rlllf~ ud Ht ~lnj(middotJI I 1-f9 tnlih~cl thu U(plUtmcllt t)f Inwriur tIIul tlw IhffInll elf Jndillll AlIltitK Wult pluud limier juriKdi(liun of tlttl d4llUl(IJuml IhtlK IHIl)dlUg frunl ulililary to rmltlcil

Hdiu IH r lion 1li~1 Hluluh lrovid IhAtshyrile ampctctnr~ uC nUl lultrjur lt$ l~tUq~cd with the eUIICnitull u( UllIlic

hCtil relUIIII 1u bull bull tilt hulilU

Sectioll tG3 ut tho nt~h~cll SttttuttK Ioods Tilt CIlIlIuhutlulltr hlinll Atfi hnll Ululc- the fU-tt[nH o( lh

oIlhc IUlrrinr nwt lJ(nmiddot(loltmiddot Itt lIu(1i -Kul-laquotiuhe tuI the Jmiddotrceidclll JII~ IIIHC tile JIIUlIIIOIl Ilf Il tmlhlu rir 1Iln( ~J UlilUeui orhml uut rclutiuu

AOlllNlliTltATION 0 INDIAN FrAIUe

Tho administration o( huliun affairs prc8fmla A most 0 pruhlum No twu Indalill frHUJ4 unl aliko Ither in i)lOritanC4 ollviwl1l11cnt und lim WttCfl multi lU4(tl tho wollem us it ftl)IliM

JlldiuliH ticlItlercd tllruu~1t H ShU 81ul tlivitletl info Ulnro Ihaa N 8UpUrtlto Iulld or lIihc4 Muny IUU ur Conre8~ fiud (Iudy

1linnPllIy to tho Indiaua Hlul in the admirlititrAtion of IlieH

~f~~~~~~o 111~~~~~_~~~~i~~~~~I~~v~ry ufrort i~ a~tHle to prlrlt 10

INrERIOR- rJIPART1UNT APPIOPIUATION D11r lal 6l5

lugislamption Ar() haRfrl The Indilln has a difTerrlIl COlu~option of llllDerty fllld ownen-hip rom tho witi1e mnn J18t littlo lIudcrtunhflK

middotvjtilu1 prnptrtv rlJhl1 in luuti luul hill inlmiddotnmiddot~I 8ro ill ItolliK ug~ Imiddotlueh ~J~ (mc(nfiuus IUIVft dUiln hilu (116 lutiiul1 iui shy

U8t dovolop interosts Ihat wil enahle ilim to LocolliO A CUiOshypurt U( (lur ur~onirod dvi(i78lion and be Holf-9ULltininl 0 not dfStroy tho Ilos or hi~ ~vn tradiLi()ns altot crtt(1I and

~illti()n( hut rathor eucour~Q their uovelopmeu( unci tiunivul ill dojng thi~ W8 musl I~uild on his own illhc-it~d KIlIHI lrn(ltt

tq t8~ II Ultl pructJrll prtlLlom o( prpnratlun wliwh will ouuhlo bull InuuUl thruu~h In o~nl uud aeqlUfotI r6lourcc~ tu LOt~OIlIU tln ~enttont 6cl(IUlI)portmg KOU-reltIJoctInC 1l16uth6r 01 tlltJ CtHUshy

ulll(ic~ whiCh IIOW aurround him When w~ nJJpontctl hoforu your committee in conn(dion willi our

roprJlont for tho j)r~flntYampllr wohftd 116011 in ullieD (Julv ft IIhurt aBO wtJo 1I0t nnlirtltv (flillilinr with thn 11ItHl) illlri(~lIin duif~

Wplul in it~ (fulsittNufiml of uur ncoll ftll otltlitll IIlHt ytnr Iliut in coun4-0 (lr r he yfltlr nnHmiddoth [gtlogretJ has heon IIIIIII(~ in llac he [~(Or

t of thu servic6 as amp vhola

AND StW lmiddottII~WN~14

OmiddotJOImiddot to dinvo tho lVusiliugtfn OlliC6 of mHnv dtllili Hflll Jy illrImiddot41CISt~ llw etlhuncy 01 tho s~nic~1 InlIC middotcpolItiltiliv tlHi

uwu upun tho JHJll (orro middotsPtl-iullv IS tillS Into III fHl Ioulliweat WIUUl IIHInY 1cltl dt~tuils arc clmlrtd lhJII~h tl gtPtllul

In nC~fJliJito with lfldinru middotilh l(udlaquo(llurIC~ ttl SlJl1fn Chull~t~~ in Iwrsunuol lU tile jocal OfliCH 1111(1 helll IIIlutu

uro in middotuut(lHlnfun wich lho viow (I( slwllrill~ bullN ~tnis(rntion ulHl tIm liSt He tho full lIbililicI uf ouch pcrSlI1l ill litO trTieo

rio)fl of lutlllUt O(Jurutiun HuhMmiddottontinl ddiliufllI 1110 11(Pf (UIoU HllU jr hUf lwen ttppinlo1 uo dinCfur

udifitv nrul hUI fill futsi1tflnt dircCllIr wilh tilteditl tXlll~Imiddotntmiddotc ill ctlucntiunnl IIdllilli~frlllij)1I KUt

JlJHlllfl(O In udtlitiotlnt Bupcrvisory pObitillllt ill tho ~l(middot ((onUmic5 where tiUlUC of tlu~ mosl cOlIsjtitllHHIS nchHI1CCl

bullbull fdUrdtiun )11( h(Nl UlIUIt~ ere (1Stbli~ ICII in the (1111 u ti)ltltIStll (It t1(uwntllrv eInoatiun with uuimiddotclbilv IruillillS

I- UCCCdS- u~ StKto cXfH~rjen(c hUll Icen fuMed tt) tllo stulL FHr roQtiltry (~hjctitioll a fitmiddotlt Hu)~rvi~)r Jutini- ~lIperiur prtJlllrntlHu

bull bull bullbull r)((JOriClUC in the ~dlU(t1 U CthlCullUIl CIt It WHtnH Stnh) fliled to the locill office to H~i$l in II org-ullilutiHu of junior Ulut ticnior hi1t tidilolu A pot-ilion of 1u1 iuJUhlntl lruinirlR h lJ(~n ~4tKlliMllId 1Ht II

in voultonu adUculi()o with lonl Siule e~p(~ri~lIto Huurd fur V()~nlinnn1 r~ttucntic1I IIfH 1((11 UiiirlIt-1

tiLll tipcci~dist hus been UIJlOint(cl 31111onitUJr IIf limiddottllud ompltlYcu wi f luhjNC nil In tllo duifV lfon ul bllllnllUf lu tlw field H~ tt~ri(hurul cttorllsion t)u~ uici or the J)cprt-

Jgri~ulhUO IS iClngamp ftud lOCI Hf their illlJlurttlnt middotflrl(lrll truusfcltrrcd ~~~ Ilto JlU~iHn S6fVic6 to dircmiddot(t ild illlurilt

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thotto rollliu~ to huliull fruin A Uurotlu or ludiuu AtTain -oci4(ntl whit hulilUl lulminitrutiOJI fhit4 I~Ullllfdtl~(1 K JlWltt

1 ow IltTJUUOtI DEP4RTlIENT APPIIOPBIATlON DIu lUI

MONDAT NOVEll DEli 17 1930

BUIlEAU OF INDIAN A1FAIIlS

STATEMENTS OF CHARLES 1 RHOADS CO)[MISSIONER OF IKDUI AFFAIRS J HENRY SCATTERGOOD ASSISTANT COMJIlJSSIOID AND SAMUEL M DOOIgt JR BUDGET OFFICER

11r CRAHTON We wHl now tftkB up tho itema lor tbe Dureau

Indian Alftth nnd will hrgllHI to bHvO geneJal yenhtcment from ill conuuildloner Ah IUuuul

GENERAL STATEMENT

Mr RIIOAD8 1un eho Var Department Was cr(lated by tbe

o( Cun~rn uf AIIlUllt 7 171(0 tim du(ittt amptltiigncu to it indu-i I oqnnitod in that dOI)urhHcnt on ~Iareh II 1824 Ilnd tllere bullbulllt

IHsigned to it the fttllIlilli~trlti)n or the fund IfCiviliutioll urt ditUlJ ulHlor rcguJatiHuK ~tuhIiHhe(1 by the tlo)ftrtnumt examinaUae I o( duirns ari~ing out uf JtlW8 regUIUtiOU8 iutoreoul2u wilh Judiea I tribc~ amplld ordinftry cnrrrsllluulenco with 8upcrint(JI~llelll~J ag~1II 8tI ub~cnl Liller hy dl6 octr J Iy II 1932 tho ullo 01 lolllm~

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION IX

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco CA 94105middot3901

Mail Code WTR-9

December 18 1996

Mr Mark S Pelizza Environmental Hanager Hyqro Resources Inc 12750 Merit Drive suite 1210 18 12 Dallas Texas

Re Hydro Resources Inc (BRI) Proposed Facilities at Unit 1 Crownpoint and Churchrock New Mexico

Dear Mr Pelizza

I wanted to update you on several matters concerning HRIs proposed solution mining projects EPA recently completed a reorganization of the Region IX office creating the Office of Ground water As the Ground Water Office (GWO) Chief I wanted to notify you that the CWO will be responsible for processing applications for the Underground Injection Control (Ole) permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) including any permits for injection veIls located in Navajo Indian country Ole permit applications and related correspondence should be addressed to me or Jim walker of my staff

We received HRIs application for a OlC Class III and V permit to conduct solution mining at the Unit 1 site and are reviewing the application for completeness When we complete the administrative reviev we will inform you of any aeficiencie in the application our technical review will commence when the application is considered complete

1 also wanted to provide you with an update on the discussions between EPA Region 9 the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)concerning HRls proposed project at Churchrock While our discussions have focused on permitting under the SDWA for the Section 17 portion of the Churchrock project the Navajo Nation has racantlY rai d ai9ificant issues resardins the juridictional status of Section 8 (See the attached letter from the Navajo Nation )

Sect jon 17

Despite our best efforts to date EPA NMED and NNEPA have not ~en able to lesolve the dispute over perlIlittin9 tOl Section 17 under tne SDWA The three agencies have explored the options of

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joint permitting or dual permitting for HRIs project on Section 17 However one of the prerequisites for pursuing these options was that all three agencies would support the same approach As you now know the Navajo Nation believes that any kind of state permitting for Section 17 is inappropriate and that only the federal government should issue the SDWA permit for your projectAt this time therefore the joint or dual permitting options are not feasible given the Navajo Nations position

Rega~dle$$ gf the ongo1ng legal Q1spute the three agenc1esdid agree that our first priority is to ensure protection of human health and the environment and that the jurisdictional dispute should not unnecessarily interfere with SRIs proposed project In addition EPA is committed to working with NNEPA and NMED as well as HRI on technical issues involved in your project so that all permits are as compatible as possible As we have explained in previous correspondence submission of an application and supporting documentation for Section 17 at this time would allow us to proceed expeditiously

Sectign 8

As described in the enclosed letter the Navajo Nation has now raised significant issues regarding the jurisdictional status of section 8 The Navajo Nation Department of Justice believes that section 8 is within a dependent Indian community (and therefore within Indian country) and subject to federal permitting under the SDWA The Navajo Nation also believes that NMED lacks authority to issue any permits for HRIs proposed project at Churcnrock You should note that in its letter the Navajo Nation states that the same analysis applies to the Crownpoint portion of HRIs proposedmining operations and therefore EPA should issue all SDWA permitsfor that portion of HRIs proposed project as well

currently EPA is asking for lIIore information on themiddot jurisdictional status of Section 8 from both the Navajo Nation and NMED Depending on the outcome gt o~ evaluation EPA (Region 9) may have exclusive juriSdiction to issue any SDWA permits (and anyaquifer exemptions) under the federal UIe proqram for Navajo Indian oountry found at 40 CPR Part 147 subpart HHH Of course if section 8 is not within Indian country NMED would have authority to issue the required SDWA permits pursuant to its grant of primacyunder the statute

Once EPA has had a chance to review the information submitted by NNEPA and NMED the Agency will inform all parties of EPAs position on which agency has the authority to issue the SDWA permitfor HRIs project on section 8 as soon as possible EPA will also contact all of the parties in the near future about the jurisdictional status of HRIs proposed operation at crownpoint

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If you have any questions or need any additional information please contact Jim Walker at (415) 744-1833 or contact Greg Lind of the Office of Regional Counsel at (415) 744-1376

Sincerely

~A II r -e-shyLaura lose Chief Ground Water Office

Enclosure

OO Bennie Cohoe Director Navajo Nation EPA

Ritt Bellis Navajo DOJ

Ken Williams Acting Chief UICGW Section EPA Region 6

Dale Doremus Program Manager Groundwater Section NMED

Jep Hill Attorney for HRI

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CfNT IA A KICR$NOWSKI Reply to Washington D C Office SHAWN R FRANK

Feb13I) 28 1997

Mr Gregory Lind Assistant Regional Counsel US Environmental Protection Agency Region IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco CA 94105

Re Permitting of HRI Uranium Solution Mining Project -Dear Greg

This letter is in response to your letter of February 5 1997 to Mr Bellis regarding the jurisdictional status of Section 8

As we set forth in our October 21 1996 letter to Felicia Marcus and the materials enclosed with that letter it is the Navajo Nations position that Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151 and so is Indian country Under sect 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 42 USC sect 300j-ll and 40 CFR sectsect 1471603 1443 HRI therefore must apply to EPA Region IX for any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act Moreover even if EPA does not make a final determination that Section 8 is Indian country but finds that there is a dispute regarding its jurisdictional status Region IX would still have the exclusive authority to issue any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act ~ 53 Fed Reg 43096 43097 (October 25 1988) (In order to ensure regulation of injection wells and minimize any disruption pending the resolution of jurisdictional disputes EPA will implement the Federal VIC program for disputed lands)

In our October 21 1996 letter we enclosed a copy of our comments on HRIs Proposed Discharge Plan 558 which discussed how Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151(b) based on the Tenth Circuits test in Pittsburg and Midway Coal Minine Co v Watchman 52 F3d 1531 1545 (1995) We noted that r App87

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joint permitting or dual permitting for HRIs project on Section 17 However one of the prerequisites for pursuing these options was that all three agencies would support the same approach As you now know the Navajo Nation believes that any kind of state permitting for Section 17 is inappropriate and that only the federal government should issue the SDWA permit for your projectAt this time therefore the joint or dual permitting options are not feasible given the Navajo Nations position

Rega~dle$$ gf the ongo1ng legal Q1spute the three agenc1esdid agree that our first priority is to ensure protection of human health and the environment and that the jurisdictional dispute should not unnecessarily interfere with SRIs proposed project In addition EPA is committed to working with NNEPA and NMED as well as HRI on technical issues involved in your project so that all permits are as compatible as possible As we have explained in previous correspondence submission of an application and supporting documentation for Section 17 at this time would allow us to proceed expeditiously

Sectign 8

As described in the enclosed letter the Navajo Nation has now raised significant issues regarding the jurisdictional status of section 8 The Navajo Nation Department of Justice believes that section 8 is within a dependent Indian community (and therefore within Indian country) and subject to federal permitting under the SDWA The Navajo Nation also believes that NMED lacks authority to issue any permits for HRIs proposed project at Churcnrock You should note that in its letter the Navajo Nation states that the same analysis applies to the Crownpoint portion of HRIs proposedmining operations and therefore EPA should issue all SDWA permitsfor that portion of HRIs proposed project as well

currently EPA is asking for lIIore information on themiddot jurisdictional status of Section 8 from both the Navajo Nation and NMED Depending on the outcome gt o~ evaluation EPA (Region 9) may have exclusive juriSdiction to issue any SDWA permits (and anyaquifer exemptions) under the federal UIe proqram for Navajo Indian oountry found at 40 CPR Part 147 subpart HHH Of course if section 8 is not within Indian country NMED would have authority to issue the required SDWA permits pursuant to its grant of primacyunder the statute

Once EPA has had a chance to review the information submitted by NNEPA and NMED the Agency will inform all parties of EPAs position on which agency has the authority to issue the SDWA permitfor HRIs project on section 8 as soon as possible EPA will also contact all of the parties in the near future about the jurisdictional status of HRIs proposed operation at crownpoint

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If you have any questions or need any additional information please contact Jim Walker at (415) 744-1833 or contact Greg Lind of the Office of Regional Counsel at (415) 744-1376

Sincerely

~A II r -e-shyLaura lose Chief Ground Water Office

Enclosure

OO Bennie Cohoe Director Navajo Nation EPA

Ritt Bellis Navajo DOJ

Ken Williams Acting Chief UICGW Section EPA Region 6

Dale Doremus Program Manager Groundwater Section NMED

Jep Hill Attorney for HRI

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AI R TARAOASH 200 w Ot VAIlGA$ STReET ALBUOUERQUE OFFICEPAUl E FiOYE SANt FE NEW MEXICO 87501

WAVNE H B~OH $00 MAROUEe AVENV~ N W TELEP ONE (50SI ~8236Z2

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Mr Gregory Lind Assistant Regional Counsel US Environmental Protection Agency Region IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco CA 94105

Re Permitting of HRI Uranium Solution Mining Project -Dear Greg

This letter is in response to your letter of February 5 1997 to Mr Bellis regarding the jurisdictional status of Section 8

As we set forth in our October 21 1996 letter to Felicia Marcus and the materials enclosed with that letter it is the Navajo Nations position that Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151 and so is Indian country Under sect 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 42 USC sect 300j-ll and 40 CFR sectsect 1471603 1443 HRI therefore must apply to EPA Region IX for any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act Moreover even if EPA does not make a final determination that Section 8 is Indian country but finds that there is a dispute regarding its jurisdictional status Region IX would still have the exclusive authority to issue any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act ~ 53 Fed Reg 43096 43097 (October 25 1988) (In order to ensure regulation of injection wells and minimize any disruption pending the resolution of jurisdictional disputes EPA will implement the Federal VIC program for disputed lands)

In our October 21 1996 letter we enclosed a copy of our comments on HRIs Proposed Discharge Plan 558 which discussed how Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151(b) based on the Tenth Circuits test in Pittsburg and Midway Coal Minine Co v Watchman 52 F3d 1531 1545 (1995) We noted that r App87

If you have any questions or need any additional information please contact Jim Walker at (415) 744-1833 or contact Greg Lind of the Office of Regional Counsel at (415) 744-1376

Sincerely

~A II r -e-shyLaura lose Chief Ground Water Office

Enclosure

OO Bennie Cohoe Director Navajo Nation EPA

Ritt Bellis Navajo DOJ

Ken Williams Acting Chief UICGW Section EPA Region 6

Dale Doremus Program Manager Groundwater Section NMED

Jep Hill Attorney for HRI

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Mr Gregory Lind Assistant Regional Counsel US Environmental Protection Agency Region IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco CA 94105

Re Permitting of HRI Uranium Solution Mining Project -Dear Greg

This letter is in response to your letter of February 5 1997 to Mr Bellis regarding the jurisdictional status of Section 8

As we set forth in our October 21 1996 letter to Felicia Marcus and the materials enclosed with that letter it is the Navajo Nations position that Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151 and so is Indian country Under sect 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 42 USC sect 300j-ll and 40 CFR sectsect 1471603 1443 HRI therefore must apply to EPA Region IX for any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act Moreover even if EPA does not make a final determination that Section 8 is Indian country but finds that there is a dispute regarding its jurisdictional status Region IX would still have the exclusive authority to issue any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act ~ 53 Fed Reg 43096 43097 (October 25 1988) (In order to ensure regulation of injection wells and minimize any disruption pending the resolution of jurisdictional disputes EPA will implement the Federal VIC program for disputed lands)

In our October 21 1996 letter we enclosed a copy of our comments on HRIs Proposed Discharge Plan 558 which discussed how Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151(b) based on the Tenth Circuits test in Pittsburg and Midway Coal Minine Co v Watchman 52 F3d 1531 1545 (1995) We noted that r App87

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Mr Gregory Lind Assistant Regional Counsel US Environmental Protection Agency Region IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco CA 94105

Re Permitting of HRI Uranium Solution Mining Project -Dear Greg

This letter is in response to your letter of February 5 1997 to Mr Bellis regarding the jurisdictional status of Section 8

As we set forth in our October 21 1996 letter to Felicia Marcus and the materials enclosed with that letter it is the Navajo Nations position that Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151 and so is Indian country Under sect 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 42 USC sect 300j-ll and 40 CFR sectsect 1471603 1443 HRI therefore must apply to EPA Region IX for any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act Moreover even if EPA does not make a final determination that Section 8 is Indian country but finds that there is a dispute regarding its jurisdictional status Region IX would still have the exclusive authority to issue any permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act ~ 53 Fed Reg 43096 43097 (October 25 1988) (In order to ensure regulation of injection wells and minimize any disruption pending the resolution of jurisdictional disputes EPA will implement the Federal VIC program for disputed lands)

In our October 21 1996 letter we enclosed a copy of our comments on HRIs Proposed Discharge Plan 558 which discussed how Section 8 is within a dependent Indian community under 18 USC sect 1151(b) based on the Tenth Circuits test in Pittsburg and Midway Coal Minine Co v Watchman 52 F3d 1531 1545 (1995) We noted that r App87

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although the southeast quarter of Section 8 is owned by HRI the temainder of the section is public domain land on which Navajo people graze their livestock purs~t to leases issued by th BLM to the Navajo Nation We also noted that under pjttsbun and Midway the community of reference is not the mine site itself but the sUrrounding community namely the Church Rock Chapter which consists almost entirely of tribal trust and allotted land with some scattered sections of public domain and state land where almost 95 of the residents are Indians and where the Navajo Nation and the United States provide the bulk of the setvi p t( thA otmnn+-i Tha (n middot1tlt1( 1Imiddotr Of ~o Q ~ -+ OF T~C

- ~l UU t ~ u ~ 1 Uh llltoUi A 410 c dependent Indian community is therefore Wlth1n Indian country ~ Cohen Handbook of Federal Indian Law (1982 ed) at 39 (middotpatented parcels of land within Indian communities should also be within Indian countrymiddot citing United States v Martine 442 F2d 1022 (lOth Cir 1971raquo

In support of our statements as to the jurisdictional status of the area in question we enclosed land status maps of all of the sections of land containing or surrounding HRIs mineral leases which included sections 8 and 17 in the Church Rock Chapter as well as various tracts of land within the Crownpoint Chapter We also included a map showing the Navajo ownership of the grazing permits issued for Section 8 Finally we referred to a document containing 1990 Census figures in support of our claims as to the Navajo population of the area and we cited a Navajo document entitled Chapter Images (1992 ed) with regard to the government services that are provided but we did not include copies of these documents

Copies of these documents are enclosed with this letter You also have asked us for a map of the Church Rock Chapter with corresponding land ownership I have included a map which shows the boundaries of the chapter but contains some mistakes as to land status (notably it does not show that a quarter of Section 8 is private fee land) I will attempt to have a correced map sent to you in the near future

In addition you have asked for

1) a more detailed description of the land use in the area of 1IRs proposed project

2) a discussion of the ownership history of Section 8 and 3) a lIIor dllIiled discussion of the rlalionship of tlI federal tribal and state

governments to the Church Rock area and specifically a description of the services that each government provides to the area

With regard to item 3 the services provided to the area by the Navajo Nation are

~ listed on the enclosed fact sheet for Church Rock They include various social services

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health services utilities and law enforcement The Church Rock Chapter itself functions as a unit of the Navajo Nation government ~ 2 NNC sect 4021 and like other Navajo Chapters in Iht ~Um Navajo Agency performs similarmiddotfunctions with respect to the health and welfare of its residents as those performed by a county or municipality in the state government systemmiddot Thrifiway Marketin Corp v New Mexico 11 NM 763 766 810 P2d 349 352 (Ct App 1990) The federal government through the BIA Eastern Agency provides road construction and maintenance education (through BIA schools) numerous social services lav enforcement and real etate ~n1ces) lnd h~t sevices ttlrough the Indian fIea1th Service

In contrast the state provides limited road service on the state highway and limited law enforcement on the state highway and the interstates The state also provides public school education but since this is provided throughout the state including for areas within the formal reservation boundaries it should have no bearing on the status of Church Rock as a dependent Indian community

--As for the remainder of the information you have requested I will be travelling to

Window Rock on March 4 and hope to obtain at least some of this information for you then

Finally you have raised concerns about the consistency of the Navajo Nations position with regard to the jurisdictional status of Section 8 The case you referenced United Nuclear Com v Tumey No 16968 McKinley CV 92-72 (NM Ct App 1996) invoJvEtl lINes application to transfer water rights associated with the HRl mine site A history of the proceedings is contained in the docketing statement enclosed with this letter that the Navajo Nation submitted on December 14 1995 to the New Mexico Court of Appeals Essentially the New Mexico State Engineer denied UNCs application to transfer the water rights finding that UNC had insufficient water rights to support the transfer application UNC appealed to the McKinley County District Court and the district court dismissed the appeal ultimately agreeing with the Slate Engineers finding of insufficient water rights I believe that the water in question was to have been used for HRIs solution mining project and I do not know if HRl has a replacement source for that water The district court also found that Sections 8 and 17 were not Indian country supporting the courts jurisdiction The Navajo Nation then appealed the district courts jurisdictional fInding but only with regard to Section 17 UNe cross-appealed the decision on the merits but then voluntarily dismissed its cross appeal The appellate coun then dismissed the Navajo Nations appeal on the grounds of mootness since the district court had dismissed the case and UNC had withdrawn its challenge to the dismissal The appellate court therefore did not rule on the jurisdictional issue

- Yo)lr concern appears to be that a state court found that Sections 8 and 17 were not

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Indian country and that the Navajo Nation did not appeal the fmding as to Section 8 but only as to Section 17 First of all the state court dismissed the case before it on the merits and its finding as to jurisdiction therefore could not be appealed it is therefore questionable whether its decision has any precedential weight Moreover its decision was so clearly wrong with regard to Section 17 which is tribal trust land and SCI hy definition Indian country that it is hard to see how any reliance can be placed on its decision with regard to Section 8 either

Secondly the fact that the Navajo Nation did not raise the jurisdiction of Section 8 in an appeal of an administrative proceeding involving a transfer of water rights does not mean that the Nation WIDVfpound jurisdiction over that section for purposes of regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act In Montana v United States 450 US 544 566 (1981) the Supreme Court held that a tribe retain[s] inherent power to exercise civil authority over the conduct of non-Indians on fee lands within its reservation when that conduct threatens or has some direct effect on the political integrity the economic security or the health or welfare of the tribe The underground injection of water that has been circulated through uranium which is at issue here certainly has a direct effect on the health or welfare of the tribe However the administration of water rights associated with private fee land which was at issue in the United Nuclear litigation may not depending on the precise circumstances involved The existence of tribal jurisdiction for some purposes and state jurisdiction for others is not uncommon for example it arises in the areas of criminal jurisdiction and taxation

This distinction could also explain why a lawyer for the Navajo Nation stated in a letter to counsel for the state and HRl that the Nation did not dispute the State Engineers jurisdiction to adjudicate water rights in Section 8 Such a statement certainly does not concede tribal regulatory jurisdiction under the Safe Drinking Water Act More importantly this ietter was part of a settlement proposal (which incidentally was rejected by the state) and therefore should not have been produced in this proceeding let alone relied upon by the state

In any event the fact that the Navajo Nation did not raise the jurisdiction of Section 8 before the appellate court does not mean that the Nation conceded that the section was not Indian country Nor does it estop the Nation from claiming now that Section 8 is Indian country since there was no reliance placed on the district courts finding Moreover the EPA was not a party to the proceeding and thus is not bound by the courts jurisdictional finding

Finally as pointed out in our October 21 letter and attachments almost all o~ the land on which HRYs projct is proposeltl to be located (encompassing at 15151 12 ctiom In

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Indian country and that the Navajo Nation did not appeal the fmding as to Section 8 but only as to Section 17 First of all the state court dismissed the case before it on the merits and its finding as to jurisdiction therefore could not be appealed it is therefore questionable whether its decision has any precedential weight Moreover its decision was so clearly wrong with regard to Section 17 which is tribal trust land and SCI hy definition Indian country that it is hard to see how any reliance can be placed on its decision with regard to Section 8 either

Secondly the fact that the Navajo Nation did not raise the jurisdiction of Section 8 in an appeal of an administrative proceeding involving a transfer of water rights does not mean that the Nation WIDVfpound jurisdiction over that section for purposes of regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act In Montana v United States 450 US 544 566 (1981) the Supreme Court held that a tribe retain[s] inherent power to exercise civil authority over the conduct of non-Indians on fee lands within its reservation when that conduct threatens or has some direct effect on the political integrity the economic security or the health or welfare of the tribe The underground injection of water that has been circulated through uranium which is at issue here certainly has a direct effect on the health or welfare of the tribe However the administration of water rights associated with private fee land which was at issue in the United Nuclear litigation may not depending on the precise circumstances involved The existence of tribal jurisdiction for some purposes and state jurisdiction for others is not uncommon for example it arises in the areas of criminal jurisdiction and taxation

This distinction could also explain why a lawyer for the Navajo Nation stated in a letter to counsel for the state and HRl that the Nation did not dispute the State Engineers jurisdiction to adjudicate water rights in Section 8 Such a statement certainly does not concede tribal regulatory jurisdiction under the Safe Drinking Water Act More importantly this ietter was part of a settlement proposal (which incidentally was rejected by the state) and therefore should not have been produced in this proceeding let alone relied upon by the state

In any event the fact that the Navajo Nation did not raise the jurisdiction of Section 8 before the appellate court does not mean that the Nation conceded that the section was not Indian country Nor does it estop the Nation from claiming now that Section 8 is Indian country since there was no reliance placed on the district courts finding Moreover the EPA was not a party to the proceeding and thus is not bound by the courts jurisdictional finding

Finally as pointed out in our October 21 letter and attachments almost all o~ the land on which HRYs projct is proposeltl to be located (encompassing at 15151 12 ctiom In

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