nore are 24 miltea , m f n g 2,037 shaop *azita, (roI?eat- imly, a i o h +xsapsa h s k nnd fo r th cmr tfw prol~arit bounc3arjr Iizu. &tbBehdd 10 a list o f t b mmrr of t h ~ fim%hg hrbr aaC. t!;o &~sp rPDits *hi& the;. own, h lugs , xmdbar of t b o o pepla barn fam8 aad hqpn8 10o~ted i n thsr ~ l l f f y n w in CJstrict Ito, 4 proper, ahem thy rsl%n;ks d u r a t b a rrprhg and surnn;sr aonthsr. P#Pirrk; the e t e r rab at tvthot ttms cbrhg tlm pnu, thmae aaas, people a m a ~ u t h m r d mar Oh9 drabs&,@ divide i n t o Dirtricf X'o. 7 for tfse p w - Fauo of &i roiw thir Ifpr&~& m d 8 ~ ~ h g f i ~ l q Thi# llpooarmnt bu bsen a lag-ortablirhed m i q e , ~ z r ! it 89 trplliamd Wt S t . .. wotald be alLnost b.pouibXe mid baprsut lcal to mawq .rultpwt for f'

\ .. pnrcmt bomdwy line* TBsrtlPore, it I r r n- that tb . . praulnf line be aMliohed and a gsr: 1- errtablieboa, ar B h ~ a m b ; ~

3' ; . . ...~ tbe gresm ink an the anp. th&o r u o r m W lW wUf Umrgcb fmx !

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Dist. No. 4 Indims Trespassing To No. 7.

IiA'IZ

Alike Peto

B& John

John Charley

Charley Tachinie

Big Pete

Big Jim

Rolens

Tom Smoke

Ta han ha Yazzie

John Salt (Ah-she hum)

Salawa Begay

Go Saggy Son

Tsini jinnie Tsosie Bepy 873

John Node s%ine la0

John Pete 1505

John Natwoad 1682

Salow Begay 3304 a

. . Harry Cook , a 0 5

Gee Bah a ? 4

Djannie B i Mah ?

Asdzan' Ta han hah ?

Hosteen Tse C h i l l y ?

Asdzan Tse yu Ti hi Begay 4 Total

SHEEP UNITS m m D

91 .

112

77

!54

383

49

16

1.3 ,-

80

15s' . . -. - . .48.

. 133

52

13

29

40

69

192

49

h4

12

234

29

39 - 2017

EjLMSIT LIST

Beaolutl on of July 19, 1857 - my~rovisyc. reacml of ncn- pro3ucf iva livestoak

2. Tuba City, OdobaP Sn, Bovaaber 1, 1933

cr, Resolutians Adoptad by the Navajo Tribal Co~mcilt

1, Fort PilngaPs, #. b x , , J* 7-8, 1933 - .

2. Tuba City, kieona, Biuvember 1, 1933

PAST A T T E ~ ~ S AT REDCCTIOX

With "Ye k c : - a a s o in num;iers of sh esp, herd8 beoono concentrated around tho rslntivel:t fm a ~ u i h b l e viatern so t h ~ t th mr.e bocnm mwurely depleteti ir these l o c a l orcfisl % 1699 t h o yroblem had beoo:no $0 reriour ";at C o n s m ~ s f inal l ;; voted an app rq r ip - t i o n for t h detnlopmt of writer res curccs, mo rkifir; tho f i rs t cf f i u i z l raaoplnit ion of She d c rirability of' proprlr livostocl: distribution on t t o Xavafo F . e e r m t j o n r

h s cf tlz~ zest i i q o r t m t re~or t s was gubdttod in lLSO by hi1 l ia .a H. Zeh, Iudian S c m i o o Forestor, pointifit; out t h t t h e m m e I dfatdnot kendonay tmard tho clestruotlon 01- t h e ran?&, upon wliioh t h o u s a d s of b . t d i ~ W U ~ O deper!din;.: fcr present find P~turo livelihoodr Ue rooowrendod t h a t P u l l moopit ion bo riven t h e Iz~or ' ;c.r~rt cud aoriousnosa ai' exiot iny, conditione u~cl th l all f~i tur-e l& ~ l r , ? ; . ~ Lle baaed upon ti vorkablo a d aound foundation

f-? 80 tl~a",;f';fi unccaei~:: effort oaoh activic3y would po in t tcward the desired . . - . I

gonl. Zofi propo~ed a plan of procadwe divided i n t o two pnrtr r (1) aot iv i - t iee wLio'n w i l l provilie resulto ir. a o o a y r a b i v e l y rrhort t h e , i n o l u d i n g rodent cor.t ml, w3fer d o v o l o ~ ~ ~ t , etc t and ' (2) edmd ion In proper asthodr of W l i r - G livos",ook, which weald ziot rhor raaults a8 rapidly.

Ic orZer thaf r e m y adoquntely co::aidsr the qmstionr of 1ivcsta:k reduction, 11; ie naoessary ths"U:c study the hotarm whhal-, bear on tbs utilftakion oi' Ihvajo r a q u and p a t effortis in #to& reduoti a=.

c l d aacouota i c d i a a t e that aa far back as 1530 tho Narajoa ha6 r few sheep, whiuh thy rm ha coojcriotior; with the ir fanning. fa the mrly ;-art of t h e lSth oentury t h e i r f lockc wore dororibed as of fins qunlity, -r&uoin,~ h i ~ h c r a b wool. In 1660 the Sam j o Tribe, &ioh lnoluJcrd crlpnro;uht;ely lO,OOO people, was returned f m Ft. Sumner t o Oh fkvr.j~? Rasi:rmtion, v:ltic:~ nRs then aboiit three mid r half m i l l i o n roroa in extent; ( t h q h thc 2!amjot3 wore free t o rom over a muoh Ir.rpw area). '

A t tht tina they uero ialiued appraxfmatoly 36,003 ahsop an3 &oat#. Dur* the intervonfrq- i~srioct t o 1'340 the tiumn populkttion of the iieoem1;ion ha8 inoroased t o aLr.ost 50,000 porsonrr, t h ~ a r e a of the Reservation b e inororred t o a h o a t etrtson tc.i l l i c m aorer, an6 ths livestock harr inorsaaed to tho prosent eetir;nt@d r a x p load of &32,000 e1:ecp units, The increarer in popu- lation, liverckook a d r ~ e s e m t i o n area h v a ~ w t t been proportional, the i n o r e ~ s e in population and prtiaularly livestock, beinp, far in ad.tnmcre of the f n o r o ~ s e in airsa.

,<;. A t tLo prasent tima Pndiontione pol& Co a oontinuiry: :b.orease : ,

- . . , d in population mid n probablo hit i n 4h.e aoquieitiim of a d d i t i o n a l :Land for B Q G B F & ~ O Z neods r .

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