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On the recordOctober 28, 1999
Over time the number of owners with an interest in an allotment is compounded or fractionated. This unique system has not served the Navajo people well.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Describing the negative impact of fractionated land ownership on the Navajo people.

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