Relocation and the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute
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Directed and produced by Victoria Mudd
In 1974, Congress passed the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, partitioning 1.8 million acres of disputed land in Arizona equally between the Navajo and Hopi Indian tribes, land inhabited almost exclusively by the Navajos. Examines the historical and political forces behind the land dispute, and documents the struggle of more than 9,000 displaced Navajos to retain their homes, their culture, and their dignity, in spite of the forces arrayed against them
In 1974, Congress passed the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, partitioning 1.8 million acres of disputed land in Arizona equally between the Navajo and Hopi Indian tribes, land inhabited almost exclusively by the Navajos. Examines the historical and political forces behind the land dispute, and documents the struggle of more than 9,000 displaced Navajos to retain their homes, their culture, and their dignity, in spite of the forces arrayed against them
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