Navajo
A Place and Its People
An Administrative History
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APPENDIX 4:
PERTINENT LEGISLATION
A. Monument proclamation 1909
B. Boundary adjustment 1912
C. Memorandum of Agreement 1962
D. Maps
A. Monument proclamation 1909
NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT,
ARIZONA.
By the President of the United States of America,
A Proclamation
WHEREAS, a number of prehistoric cliff dwellings and
pueblo ruins, situated within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona,
and which are new to science and wholly unexplored, and because of their
isolation and size are of the very greatest ethnological, scientific and
educational interest, and it appears that the public interest would be
promoted by reserving these extraordinary ruins of an unknown people,
with as much land as may be necessary for the proper protection
thereof:
Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by Section
two of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled: "An Act for
the Preservation of American Antiquities", do hereby set aside as the
Navajo National Monument all prehistoric cliff dwellings, pueblo and
other ruins and relics of prehistoric peoples, situated upon the Navajo
Indian Reservation, Arizona, between the parallels of latitude
thirty-six degrees thirty minutes North, and thirty-seven degrees North,
and between longitude one hundred and ten degrees West and one hundred
and ten degrees forty-five minutes West from Greenwich, more
particularly located along the arroyas, canyons and their tributaries,
near the sources of and draining into Laguna Creek, embracing the
Bubbling Spring group, along Navajo Creek and along Moonlight and
Tsagt-at-sosa canyons, together with forty acres of land upon which each
ruin is located, in square form, the side lines running north and south
and east and west, equidistant from the respective centers of said
ruins. The diagram herto attached and made a part of this proclamation
shows the approximate locations of these ruins only.
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized
persons not to appropriate, excavate, injure or destroy any of the ruins
or relics hereby declared to be a National Monument, or to locate or
settle upon any of the lands reserved and made a part of said Monument
by this proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
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Done at the City of Washington, this 20th day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third.
WM H TAFT |
By the President:
P C Knox
Secretary of State.
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B. Boundary adjustment 1912
SECOND PROCLAMATION
NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT
ARIZONA.
By the President of the United States of America,
A Proclamation
WHEREAS, the Navajo National Monument, Arizona,
created by proclamation dated March 20, 1909, after careful examination
and survey of the prehistoric cliff dwelling pueblo ruins, has been
found to reserve a much larger tract of land than is necessary for
the protection of such of the ruins as should be reserved, and therefore
the same should be reduced in area to conform to the requirements of the
act authorizing the creation of National Monuments:
Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by Section
two of the act of Congress entitled, "An Act for the Preservation of American
Antiquities", approved June 8, 906, do hereby set aside and reserve, subject
to any valid existing rights, as the Navajo National Monument within the Navajo
Indian Reservation, two tracts of land containing one hundred and sixty
acres each, and within which are situated prehistoric ruins known as
"Betata Kin" and "Keet Seel", respectively, and one tract of land, containing
forty acres, and within which is situated a prehistoric ruin known as
"Inscription House". The approximate location of these tracts is shown
upon the diagram which is hereto attached and made a part of this
proclamation.
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized
persons not to appropriate, excavate, injure or destroy any of the ruins
or relics hereby declared to be a National Monument, or to locate or settle
upon any of the lands reserved and made a part of this Monument by this
proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
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Done at the City of Washington, this 14th day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-sixth.
WM H TAFT |
By the President:
Huntington Wilson
Acting Secretary of State.
[No. 1186.]
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C. Memorandum of Agreement 1962
ORGANIZATION
Cooperative Agreements and Historic Site Designation Orders
Agreements with the Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
VOLUME Part 10 Chapter 1 Section 5.7 Page a
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT OF MAY 8, 1962
BETWEEN THE NAVAJO TRIBE, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, AND NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE RELATING TO THE RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to facilitate recreational
development of The Navajo National Monument through the construction
of administrative, residential, and related facilities on lands adjacent
to the existing Betatakin Section of Navajo National Monument and
to construct and maintain an access road to the Betatakin Section.
In order to accomplish these purposes, a cooperative agreement must
be entered into between the Navajo Tribe, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and the National Park Service.
WHEREAS, under the Act of August 7, 1946 (Public Law 633, 79th
Congress) appropriations for the National Park Service are
authorized for the administration, protection, improvement and
maintenance of areas devoted to recreational use pursuant to
cooperative agreements under the jurisdiction of other agencies
of the government.
WHEREAS, agreement has been reached among The Navajo Tribe,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and National Park Service, specifying
that legislation will be sought to authorize the inclusion of
ceertain lands within the boundaries of other agencies of the
government.
WHEREAS, agreement has been reached among The Navajo Tribe,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and National Park Service,
specifying that legislation will be sought to authorize the
inclusion of certain lands within the boundaries of The Navajo
Reservation, and providing for the granting of a right-of-way for
a new access road to Navajo National Monument.
NOW THEREFORE, The Navajo Tribe, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and National Park Service, do hereby mutally agree as follows:
1. This agreement will be regarded as an interim arrangement to
permit the National Park Service to proceed with programmed development
of Navajo National Monument pending the enactment of legislation
providing a permanent basis and authority for such development.
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ORGANIZATION
Cooperative Agreements and Historic Site Designation Orders
Agreements with the Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
VOLUME Part 10 Chapter 1 Section 5.7 Page b
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2. This agreement shall apply to the lands within the proposed
road right-of-way as shown on the attached drawing NM-NAV-31001/
and to the lands indicated within the proposed boundary on the attached
drawing NM-NAV-71021/ and which are further described as
follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 4 of the existing 160 acre tract set
aside as the Betatakin Section of Navajo National Monument,
thence north along the west boundary of said area a distance of
1,320 feet, thence west a distance of 1,320 feet, thence south
a distance of 3,960 feet, thence east a distance of 2,640 feet,
thence north a distance of 1,320 feet, thence east a distance
of 1,320 feet, thence north a distance of 1,320 feet to Corner
No. 1 of the existing Betatakin Section of Navajo National
Monument, thence west along the south boundary of said area of
Corner No. 4, the Point of Beginning, enclosing a tract of land
of 240 acres, more or less.
3. While it is understood that the current status of the above
described lands in regard to The Navajo Tribe and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs shall remain unchanged, and that such lands shall
remain subject to all laws applicable thereto, it is agreed by
The Navajo Tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs that the above
described lands will be devoted primarily to recreational
use in connection with the operation of Navajo National Monument.
4. Subject to the availability of funds, the National Park
Service may and will undertake the development, construction and
maintenance of facilities on the lands referred to in Item 2
above, needed in the proper management of Navajo National Monument
as a unit of the National Park System.
5. The National Park Service will assume responsibility for
the park facilities of the aforementioned lands and improvements
incident thereto.
6. This agreement shall become effective upon approval by
the Secretary of the Interior, and shall remain in force and
effect until terminated by mutual agreement or until enactment
by Congress of legislation inconsistent herewith.
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ORGANIZATION
Cooperative Agreements and Historic Site Designation Orders
Agreements with the Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
VOLUME Part 10 Chapter 1 Section 5.7 Page c
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7. The National Park Service agrees that in consideration
for the execution of this agreement by The Navajo Tribe that it
will assist in every manner possible in supporting legislation
providing for the conveyance to The Navajo Tribe by the Bureau
of Reclamation of a certain area at Antelope Creek, Coconino
County, State of Arizona, to be utilized by The Navajo Tribe as
a recreational facility.
8. The Navajo Tribe reserves the right, during the term of
this agreement, to operate an arts and crafts enterprise with
Navajo National Monument, notwithstanding the Maintenance of
facilities thereon by the National Park Service.
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SUBMITTED: |
Date: May 29, 1961 |
(SGD) Paul Jones THE NAVAJO TRIBE |
Date: Sep 21, 1961 |
(SGD) James F. Canan BUREAU OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
Date: Dec 12, 1961 |
(SGD) Thomas J. Allen NATIONAL PARK SERVICE |
RECOMMENDED: |
(SGD) John O. Crow ACTING COMMISSIONER,
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS |
May 8, 1962 Date |
(SGD) Thomas J. Allen REGIONAL
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE |
January 16, 1962 Date |
(SGD) Conrad L. Wirth DIRECTOR,
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE |
May 8, 1962 Date |
APPROVED: By Secretary Udall by his memorandum
of January 8, 1962 to Director, National Park Service.
(Copy of Secretary Udall's memorandum of January 8,
1962, attached)1/
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Date
1/ On file in the Washington Office.
Release No. 29
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SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
June 1962
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D. Maps
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