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Show Hurdt(.dKiUMrT..i)Mtr Navajos, IHopis bitterly divided over Arizona land By MICHELLE SOORSTEIN Associated Press Writer iHopis., eventually displacing sands, ol Navajos. IThe iresults a the .new (legislative ipo.sts and .approved lucrative deals with energy .companies. To ithis day. tooth itribes .rely on profits ifrom Peobody .Western Coal (Co. for niuch. of "MOSQUITO SPRINGS. Ariz. .Belly Tso still dreamsof returning ilo this hauulingly gemote .spot where she w as born ito the spot where her placenta mid those of her and another ,are grandmother (buried, as lis the Navajo way. iBut she cannot ireturn ito ithe ;peaceful iBIue (Canyon area where .she was iruised. or ito ithe life ,of herding cattle, slaughtering .sheep and .sleeping ,in ,a miud ihogan. Instead, .she ilives iin a Hailer ;park with her two small cliikhen in drab TubaCity. 45 miles to the west. She works in a Jaw of fice. This lis iiiot her doing. She lis .caught up :in a dispute that ibegan iiiiore than a century ago. when the lU.S. government partitioned ithe lland between the "Navajos and ithe j) Kl 1)UI il .K b V) .1 .,... ..m , ' l 1 t l ' yl . As partitioned iby ithe (federal government. ithze l.b imillion-ucr- e Hopi reservation sits iin the center of ithe "Navajos' 17 imillion acres, fl'he ."Navajo Nation lis ithe country s largest Indian ireservution. straddling Arizona. (Utah. (Colorado, and New "Mexico. Most,o!':the25()i(KK)'Niiv;yos.:do inot (live iiiearithe Hopi, and areitvpi-icall- y linactive ,in ithe dispute. But .some!live'Overithe:borderiline.s..and itheir fate iin ,an .urea .where both itribes claim ,u Ihistoric iright has been atiixsue. ithe Finally, iin ithe tederal courts and (Congress drew u line and .ordered ..everyone .on ithe .wrong ..side primarily Navajos ilo .move. The last two decades have .seen imore ithan :()(() "Navajo ifamilies imoved. The years were iinarked with protests." demonstrations .and "Navajo grandmothers waviing .shotguns ,as lH.pi irangers seized itheir (livestock and itore .dow'n itheir ,niid-l970- thou- ihave ibeen itragic. The (largest group .of civilians .moved .since ithe Japanese-Americanin .World WarilL.theirelocated 'Navajos suffer .astounding .suicide and unemployment ifar higher than otheriSava-jos- . irates s, uico-holisr- n. This lis :the legacy ifor ithose wrenched from itheir itradilional lives, onthisbrutally (barren. .rugged territory in northern Arizona. And ,as ithe iHopi and 'Navajo were thrust linlo ithe world .of (borders and iland ownership, .something else. developed ithe itribes. rwho ilmd (lived itogelher iin ithe Southwest ifor centuries Ibefore the whiteiinan.lbecame s. ito iiiew. iniodern Ihomes tfai from itheir illative lands. But it here .are ithose vvho .couldiiiot be imoved. Among ithose last, stubborn iresisters are "Minnie (Grace 'Smith and her (brother. David Begody. "Minniehaspa.s,seditiearly 1U0 David about ),at Willow a Springs. jphueau stories itell iiised ito imoin "My about what lit was ike ibefore ;he .west.of'Mosquito'Spriugs. lLike .250 .other ifamilies who .dispute, .when ithe "Navajos .and Ihave iresisted imoving. ithey .are Hopis used, toitrade.nilot, and .spend .days itogelher .at ceremonies;'" ithe Ibarred Iby llaw from iftxing ,or Tso .said .with a ssigh. expanding anything itiutil ithe Refusing itolleave. "But jpeople iivry .age .donit (have relations like ithat. i was (born and ithey .and 15 .of itheir .descendants itaised with ithe land dispute. ,so cram into a .decrepit ihogan .and ;a itrailer. ithat'.s.alllTknow:" H'alkithese.days!re.volve,s, around Theuuesliouof whoiisitoiblnme ilhe iiiew (legislation. .Which creates .consumes ifamilies like ithe Tsos. For, decades, itheir (lives ihave ibeen lleases .acknowledging ilhe lland lis iin .exchange ifor ithe irighs ito tcontortediby. court appeals, demon- iMijpi The "Navajo iresisters ihave stay. ilurmoil and. as other strations, ithey tuutil "March 31 ito sign.oribeiforced ifought the Hopi, over livestock and iloileave. lland rights. "The .elders .donit want ito live ithe federal faults govHistory iimder ithe (Hopi. ibut being .away ernment, who partitioned the lland ito make way ifor mining interests: from the land-- . aw ay ifrom Ihe.cete-imonieithey get .spiritually .sick:" ithe Hopi. and governments. wiioinibber-slampe- d theiborders .so Begody s .daughter. iBeltv llanie.s. ilhe jribescould share. in Ihejprofiis. ssaid iin "Navajo. He sat beside iher. and the jpeople. ,who allowed their .staring iblanklv .out the ihogan door across the endless horizon lleudeiMtodividethem. A 55. dames said irii is fa .(Congress passed leg ithe the aimed .at .ending (bitter .dispute ihas gradually .eaten fight. But lot ithe .tribes, solutions aw av at .once .neighborly ;relalions inuicome;toollaie: lhe ugly teud is ithe Navajos had with .the iHopi. "Now. .she .said. when She goesito the inow part. of lheir,iudscape. as evinearby Hopi lown.ol lHoiex ilia for dent and enduring .as the magnificent red rock .canyons and endless .mail and groceries. jpeople sneer. ".When we .see u Hopi we get .desert, mesas. mad.. or when they see us.ithey get It has (been ilhere since I.S.S2. when President (Chester Arthur iinad:" she .said. "Because .of ilhe approved the first Hopi reservation government, there are a lot of between us now." (binders. The idea was lokecpilndi-au- s ll and "Navajos who or and .settlers while Hopis lo away from .the disputed (laud. live near .douit lormons away Jvccp puoelvtiing :lhe: billet feud seems irrelevant. .from (Indians. '"Tliese tkids could .care (less The. question ol who controlled northern Arizona (became .more .about itace." fl'uba (City iHigh a 'important as iinoie .settlers .moved School Principal iLeroy Sliingoite-wsaid ,of .sludents .in the .highly 'West and it was discovered that the .area held some, of ilhe continents liutegrated "Navajo town. "Ill they richest .mining deposits, gel into lit. lit'.s because .of girlfriend." .companie.s..au.ious tonegolialclor "Navajo and a Hopi kixsing Ihe tight iio .mine, ipiessured Ihe .outside the .school giggle and look government ilo establish c'lear boundaries and governance, ilhe confused when asked t! Iheu.dilfer-,en- t backgrounds cause .problems, "Navajo and iHopi reservations, as halls siudcnis mingle. .indisIhe iin well as theii governmeiiiarbodies. ifrom .one .another iin tinguishable iguo-iia.officiills bvil'.S crealed Nwere .uniform .of adolescent Ihe global ol (Indian wavs. U .shirts. Their iparents As the scoX''of Ihe profits at jeans and vvor,k .side (by side in hospitals and stake became clear. there was dishealth. Clinics: some iuieiinarry. over bolh tribes. agreement within There are ni.my .who live this what lo do. Indians who were open filled way. .unlettered by Ihe dispute. lo .mining and .development ill y i win-ilers.a- UTAH itired-lookiu- g ome-.oiie- X 's r- ' I - i 9 J ' a ,, - T' land ditiiui Z' i etty dames. nd this ibecause ff Begody. Jhe rNauajo ffami-Ih- y flerieral fgouernment ;parntionjO itne ia'i'j : rtnay ihaue tto Iteaw ttheir rtraditional inome rmahe .way (lor .mining iiriiersts. re this vwiie, ground (latheriin-tlaw- ilong-staritli- Dawitl . (COLO. w lltlil' iMtnillitltl 'Hu0hrytruiitm wind-whipp- . " m iHenry dames, rforegrcund , tants iext tc lire inside tots hogan on (the iHopi treservation iin Wiliow Springs, Ariz (recently, iin sthe toaok- - eue-iinie- s. s. ' ) Eventually, .most acquiesced, ireloeuting .at government expense inon-jlndia- 1 ' i rMEWCQ if ooenix 1100 mtes I100JWTI (W6WCO It "iWhat",s ,sad iLs ilhat ithe it,wo itribes Shoilldibe.onilhe same side:" said iPelerson .al;. "Navajo itribal .Chairman ifrom IWiVIW7 .and iits I 1 ' ". I ,(., jpresideuMioiu IThey have iiiiuuh iin common. Zah said ll or e.aiiple.!foriniuCi of ilhecentury botiv were forced by the ifederal goverument ito send illicit' .. !H)V,l-lW- .children ilo White iboarding .schools liar aw ay "Now iinany voting ;people irejeat ilradilioiull llife .altogether, .opting it) leave ilhe reservation 'for inearby .cities. "There was, once a (lot of, cooperation ibeiween ilhe jpeople." Zah ssaid. '"But siuce llicifederal govetn-.meiviolated ithe llaud. an ilhe back .ol everybody 'imuid lis going ;to ibe ilhat:laiid dispute." here lis an iiuiderlying .reason Why ithe land .dispute ihas .survived dozens. ol lawsuits, cost years. lives and some X500 .million, for Ihed'.S. ,rjf urn. -- . n 1 it m .. students iteawe ITuba (City (High "School t it he apart, antl ithe tutients fendof school tiayitecently an a"uba (City. Ariz. :t .is (tiitterences iin ithe ttwo totter .tliflicult tto ttell ithe iHopi ,and iNawajo ilndians tties. llndian ay es ttiee teal o fla-in- t w scijy( W government alone. Despite, ureas of collaboration, ithere .are ifundameii-J.i- l prejudices ibeiween ilhe iiiibes. iieiil ,vuestion.s ,of whom has ilhe spuilual right lUvthe Hand. A deeply .religious and iiigid ipeopie. itradilional IHopi believe ithey, are ".spuilual .Hleward'atf .a lland Ihev arrived .a! iiiiore ithan ll.KdOcears ago. I hey jpass along sslorie.s.of Ihe "Naviijo arrival iiu Ihe II Mills, (belittling itheni ifor flieir inorc itle,ible .iippioaCh ilo ilwilli-iln- '"Willi the "Navajos. ilhese jpow-wodances, are ssiiddeuiy all .over ilhe. place, vvheiiilhey .really iliiive.no iioots (here." said ii.eigh Jenkins, w .director oTciiltural preservalion slot ilhe Hopi tribe. "Iin older ;lo .settle here. Il lopis had ilo cam the privilege. (Only a Feud over Indian land is ifew-othe, many itribes .w'hocameito ithe wniericiis ejii lied that right. " .An iiiiiillgiiin.ol wiintleriug llndi-,a,ant! iihui llndian guiups. ithe "Navnjodiaveiiiislui "ically ibeen more atkipi.ible. .embracing customs ol ithe iPiieblo .and Apache among .and integrating llioises others .and .sheep auto illieu economy. '.While the iHopi (bull) .stone ullages ,alop die iiiiesiis. ilhe "Navajo spread ,out itheir iiuutl 'hogiins iin canyons ,aud valleys In ithe eyes ,of illie "Navajo, ilhe stereotypical IHopi 'is, arrogant. n Better Hearing May Be Just Around The Comer. : . i "The!Hopis,areiiwo-(laced.',sai- "Nora Jaiues. Betty llanies' HAyeai-iOl- d (laughter ifrom .Willow 'Spi ings. "IThey '(II (be ifiiendly ito you .and Jheii liiin.aroiiud iind stabcou inilhe iTot iiuany SEARS wiio grew .up wallnllie iland dispute, .there Wiill ibe no ll or ,now. iboth 'ttil)e;- .await ithe deadline, ol "March ?;l vWW WtWldl' H(.(a'liTx.v txmt century-ol-d toot back." problem c'victAlormons who helped, Hopis sideiDisirict b. This sliaied area is amieied .Ihe .two .sides ito mediale Ihe issue ,ol SSiavajos living, on .oppose .such .schools. At his nkiiow n as Ihe Joint .Use Area. (Congress this fall passed a bill lequest. President .Chester Arthur lv'T4:iCongie.sN passed a law iHopi (Partitioned Lauds. aimed at ending Ihe century old ..creaied a ,ll,l2: An .agieenient in.pun-ciplacre .siuare authorizing the partitioning ol the was .signed (by repieeiita-livelaud dispute between Ihe "Navajo for Ihe Hopis. "Main "Navajos Joint Use Area and the relocation ol Ihe and Hopi Indians in northern .of tribal members living on the lived in Ihe area and would evens,i,(i. "Nation, the ilannlies "Nawiio The bill .creates land. of Ihe Thousands oiinmiiibei tribe's there. .other living on Hopi tually (I niled leases lor Navajo bundles lo sign uJ:,Congie.vs e.p.iuded Ihe "Navaios. ant! about si 3D Hopi fall Partitioued Lands, tlie lo Ihe the and Tins tube is .slay lor States in e.xchange known light Hopi N.iajo leservaiion. including into this category. on laud now legally Hopi Here is into land the Hopi considered as ihe Settlement Act. ,ll'uviCongtes passed a law District Court known as the "Navajo-Hop- i theirs. The Indian Reorganisation a chronology ot Ihe dispute of Arizona partitions Ihe loinier Accomniod.it ion Act created an area within the KSM As a result ol a bailie Agieenient. I'lidei the law. the 'Hopi agiee lo between the tinned Stales and Ihe ltS.0 area e.Clusivel lor iHopi Joint Use Area inio"Nav.io Parti Honed Lands and (Hopi Partidrop law soils against Ihe lcllei.ll "Navaio. Ihe government decided grazing, known as District v u tioned Lauds P'.SS Ihe ink'. government in exchange lot iCongiess passed pubto et aside laud loi vm '2 million the ink laniihes Nav.uo lo,s,s white Ihe law lic sue lo bom may ue to ink's allowing keep them sepatale P.utitioucd (Lauds tiled a buy laud lo expand Us leseiva The luiiletl u Hopi then over another one West lights fillers moving ledei.il law sun claiming Ihe lion Ihe act cieales "Syeai leas Stales enleied into a lie.it wilh laud. I SeilleiueiU es .S Disiiict Court Acl N.ivaio laniihes uiusl sign il violates then l Ihe IVd2;1he ui l"i the Navaios. esiabhsinng Hie Ihev vs .nit lo keep living on the Ameudiiieiii mlcd in Healing vs. ol Auon.i lowoiship knew. uglii ever Ihev kirders .Land-(Ihe - 1XX2: A ledet.ll ollici.il m Jones that Ihe .Hopi have Itexclu- case iv known Manyiead vs Hopi Partitioned 230 "Navaio laniihes to Distucl ( also lai'tcd Slater cliildien sive Indian lein.uning righis charge ol keeping I no ins .Court ol have iiiuil 'M.ucli M. I1'" i sign said the two inks have joint and in government bo.iiihng schools IM.S2 at be ev ictcd Mh CiteiiH outihe to area etii.ll Ihe loi to lights Appeals cuiupl.iiiied he w.ts unable e n 'imi!im,l!iti. iclcbniU' V'itl) i r$w', ftt (Our (CrutUl H n vim Sy The Associated Press ova i:.r . i (.ei'Mualini' "on T ic v.- M . 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