Show Hopi Indians Win In Suit In a suit brought by the United States at the request of the Hopi the U. S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals upheld the decision of Judge Walter E. Craig of the Federal District Court of granting a motion for the eviction of the 16 Navajos from the District Six Hopi THE decision staled that the 16 Navajo Indians were trespassing on the exclusively Hopi District Six Chairman Hamilton of Hopi Tribal Council many more than ten wc have been fighting both individual Navajos and the Navajo Tribe an attempt lo obtain the rightful use of our In 1962 Arizona Federal District Court ruled that the Hopi Indians had exclusive right lo land management District Since that time the Navajo have been unwilling to yield to that SINCE the 1962 decision the Navajo has had virtually exclusive use of the and the instead of assisting lo bring into balance and Navajo use of the joint-use has turned its back while more Navajos have continued to stream onto the joint-use area almost to the exclusion of Hopi Only six Hopi families live on whereas approximately Navajos make their homes CLARENCE Hamilton further by step we will win the battle lo live on the land that is lawfully Other Indian Tribes would also like to see this century-old land dispute The Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona issued a resolution urging Congress lo pass a bill by Representative Sam of The resolution stated in is inconceivable that the Hopi and the Navajo could live peaceable side by side in an undivided section of THE bill would divide and partition the area between the two Tribes and make reasonable arrangements for displaced J Indians from both |