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Plan to end land dispute pits Indians against non-Indians
PHOENIX. Nov 30: A plan to end a century-old territorial dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes now pits the Indians against another foe; non- Indians who hunt, fish, ski and log vast tracts of prized land in northern Arizona, reports AP.
The Hopi tribe, whose reservation is surrounded by Navajo land, would get about 500.000 acres (202,500 hectares) in public and private land plus 15 million dollar from the federal government under the settlement announced last week.
In return, the Hopis would drop efforts to evict 150 Navajo families living as squat ters with their sheep of herds on the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona.
The land to be ceded consists of two chunks in the high country south of the Grand
Canyon near Flagstaff, an areas prized for its natural resources and as a recreational preserve.
About 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares) are in the Coconino and Kaibab national forests. The remainder includes grazing land, mining claims, hunting and crosscountry ski areas and private land developed into subdivisions.
Some environmentalists ar gued the agreement sacrifices valuable public lands to settle Indian disputes.
Gov Fife Symington has denounced the proposed settlement as a "land grab". People who live and operate businesses on or near the new Hopi territory fear they might be hurt, despite assurances from federal officials.
"It's a tremendous loss to the recreation of northern Arizona," said Bob Alexander,
who operates a cross-country skiing and mountaln-blking centre on land he leases in the Coconino National Forest In Flagstaff.
Alexander says his lease requires removal of all improvements if the Forest Service loses control of the site, even if he wants to strike a deal with the Hopis.
• The agreement, worked out with a federal mediator and approved Wednesday by the Bush administration, still needs congressional approval.
Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan and Agriculture Secretary Ed Madigan said legislation that will be drafted for Congress would include protection for private property owners who do not wish to sell their land and will assure access to the new Indian land for recreational purposes.
Vernon Masayesva, the Hopi
tribal chairman, also has tried to case the worries.
"We accommodate businesses on our reservation and there Is no reason why businesses that are currently established (on the new land) cannot continue,* he said.
But In Flagstaff, a mountain town that caters to tourists and the outdoors crowd, opposition in intense.
Last Monday, the same day the tribal councils separately approved the tentative settlement. more than 100 people jammed the City Council conference room to criticize the plan and demand more information.
The dispute between the tribes dates to 1882. when President Chester A. Arthur approved a 2.5 million-acre square as a reservation for the Hopis, who live tn a series of tiny cltfTtop villages