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On the recordMarch 9, 1905
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands situated in the State of Utah, be, and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order—Navaho Reservation, Utah

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