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Navajo Times
Window Rock, Apache County, Arizona
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The Indian Land Claims Commission begins hearing on April 3 in Washington D.C. for Navajo Tribe vs. United States, seeking monetary restitution for 1,250,000 acres around the Navajo reservation. Tribal delegation, including Vice Chairman Scott Preston and others, prepares and testifies; hearing expected to last a month.
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April 3rd in Washington D.C. saw the start of the hearing conducted by the Indian Land Claims Commission. This hearing is labeled the Navajo Tribe versus the United States. This hearing concerns lands surrounding the present Navajo reservation. The area involved consists of 1,250,000 acres. The Navajo Tribe does not want the return of the land, rather it seeks monetary restitution.
On the 30th of March, H. Draper and M. Dalton went to Washington as the advance party to set up offices for the Tribal delegation. Other members of the Tribe now in Washington include Vice Chairman Scott Preston, Director of Resources Ned Hatathlie, Tribal Interpreter Carl Beyal, Mr. Joe McPherson from the Legal Department, Eddie Plummer, Lee Correll and D. Brugge from Land Investigation. Headquarters for Tribal Offices while in Washington are in the LaSalle Hotel Building.
The hearing is being held in the Government's General Accounting Building.
Some 35 Tribal witnesses are expected in Washington to testify. Months of preliminary hearings and investigations went into the Navajo Tribe's claim. Some 65,000 maps, legal documents and other data was processed to be used at the hearing. April 11th, Malcolm Dalton and Tom Conly, Tribal employees left for Washington to bring pottery and other artifacts to the hearing.
The hearing is expected to last a month or longer. The NAVAJO TIMES will keep its readers informed on events of the hearing in Washington.
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The Navajo Tribe's land claim hearing against the United States begins on April 3 in Washington D.C., seeking monetary compensation for 1,250,000 acres. Tribal delegation sets up offices, with 35 witnesses expected to testify using extensive documentation and artifacts; hearing to last a month.