The Hopi Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. The Navajo Tribe, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. United States of America

OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

We have before us in these consolidated appeals and cross-appeals another in a series of disputes between the Hopi and Navajo tribes stemming from what was once characterized as “ ‘the greatest title problem of the West.’ ” Healing v. Jones, 210 F.Supp. 125, 129 (D.Ariz.1962), aff'd 373 U.S. 758, 83 S.Ct. 1559, 10 L.Ed.2d 703 (1963) (per curiam).

The Navajo Nation appeals the district court’s order enforcing an award to the Hopi Tribe under the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act, Pub.L. No. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712, 25 U.S.C. § 640d, et seq. (1980) (the Settlement Act). On the…