Legal Opinion
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment v. Klein
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 28, 2010No. Civil Action No. 07-cv-1475-JLKPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KANE, Senior District Judge.
The Navajo Nation comprises over 27,-000 square miles in the four corners region of the southwestern United States. Born of a history of strife and conflict between American settlers and members of the Navajo Tribe,1 the reservation is located within the ancestral homeland of the Navajo (or Diñé, the Navajo word for “people”)— the area bounded by Blanca Peak to the northeast, Mount Taylor to the southeast, the San Francisco Peaks to the southwest, and Hesperus Mountain to the northwest.
*1240Throughout the early history of the reservation, the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
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