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Chronology
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Chronology December 22, 1974 U.s. Congress passes Public Law 93-531, the navajo-hopi Land settlement Act (the “relocation law”). July 8, 1980 U.s. Congress passes Public Law 96-305, the navajo and hopi indian relocation Amendments Act of 1980. navajos buy “new Lands” area to which to relocate. The Bennett freeze area is enforced; relocation begins. november 16, 1988 Public Law 100-666, the navajo and hopi indian relocation Amendments Act of 1988. After the first relocation deadline passes, hundreds of families remain on hopi Partitioned Lands. The navajo and hopi indian relocation Commission is formed. september 26, 1996 Public Law 104-301, the navajo-hopi Land Dispute settlement Act, passed by the U.s. Congress, allows the hopi Tribe to issue a 75year lease under the Accommodation Agreement (Public Law 93-531 as amended) to remaining families. february 1, 2000 The official deadline for relocation is sent in a letter to remaining navajo hPL residents, with choice to accept relocation, an Accommodation Agreement, or a 75-year lease. April 18, 2001 Manybeads et al. v. United States, a class-action lawsuit on behalf of navajo plaintiffs on first Amendment grounds, is dismissed by the U.s. supreme Court, denying certiorari and clearing the way for possible eviction of nonsigning families by the federal government. March 4, 2002 Criminal trespass charges filed against five Diné women (who were arrested July 11, 2001, as they tried to enter Camp Anna Mae sundance Grounds in Big Mountain, Arizona, for the annual sundance ceremony) are dismissed in hopi Tribal Court. october 31, 2005 Legal notices are given to navajo hPL families from s. 1003, the navajo hopi Land settlement Amendments of 2005, introduced by senator John McCain; official letters are sent to families still living on hopi Partitioned Lands, who are given the choice to sign up for relocation benefits by the deadline or be put on a “no exception” list. xx chronology ...