MASAYESVA FOR HOPI INDIAN TRIBE v. Zah

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW RE: HOPI CLAIMS

EARL H. CARROLL, District Judge. *

INTRODUCTION

I. Parties

Plaintiff Vernon Masayesva is the duly authorized Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Tribe, and appears herein as representative of the Hopi Tribe and its villages, clans and individual members.

Defendant Peterson Zah is the duly authorized Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council, and appears herein as representative of the Navajo Nation 1 and its chapters, clans, and individual members.

Evelyn James is the duly authorized spokesperson of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe…