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Tom Udall: “Over time the number of owners with an interest in an allotment is compounded or fractionated. This unique system has…”

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
Source
congress.gov
Oct 28, 1999

Editor's note · Context

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

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