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On the recordJanuary 31, 1917
That nothing herein contained shall affect any existing legal right of any person to any of the lands herein described.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2524—Reserving Certain Lands in the State of Arizona for the Papago Indians in Arizona

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