Keevama v. Seweyestewa

OPINION AND ORDER

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

[1] The parties dispute the ownership or possessory rights to a parcel of land and house in the north part of Hotevilla Village. Appellant, Laura Mae Keevama, is a member of Hotevilla Village currently residing in Winslow, Arizona. Appellant alleges that Respondent Shirley Seweyeste-wa resides in Upper Moencopi Village. However, Respondents claims that Ms. Seweyestewa has lived in the house in question since birth, more than sixty years.

[2] The facts according to Appellant are as follows: in Spring of 1986, Appel*337lant’s late grandmother, Cora…