"If you allow this government to come in and tell you what you can do with the buffer zone around Chaco Canyon, then don't complain when they come in and tell you something else."
"They want to be able to use their own gravel pits so that they can repair their own roads."
"Representative Eli Crane (AZ-02) has introduced H.R. 4374, as shown in the attached federal legislation, to nullify Public Land Order 7923."
"I write to express strong opposition to H R. 4374 and to express my strong support for the protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape."
"I strongly oppose the legislation and request this Committee's solidarity to stand with the front-line Navajo community and Allottee members for permanent and broad protection of the Greater Chaco Lan..."
"I write to express strong opposition to this legislation and request this Committee's solidarity to stand with front line Navajo community and Allottee members for permanent and broad protections of t..."
"The Commission has considered the above and has determined that it should formally support the enactment of Representative Crane's bill."
"This bill would ratify our treaty between the San Juan Paiute and the Navajo Nation to transfer land for the establishment of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation."
"The Southern Paiute people have shared territory with the Navajo for more than 160 years."
"After more than a century-and-a-half of struggle, the Tribe does not have a reservation that is exclusively their own because of Congress' inaction to settle boundaries."
"I introduced the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Homelands Act because Congress should not stand in the way of self-governance for the sake of maintaining overburdensome oversight and legalism."
"I hope we can help your people push this over the finish line, not only for your people, but I would love it if your grandmother got to see this in her lifetime."