Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§445a Rights and privileges of Navajo Indians in canyons
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 445a
Summary
Keeps the Navajo Tribe’s existing ownership and interests in their lands and minerals, including oil and gas, and their right to use the land for farming, grazing, and other purposes, except as limited by section 445b. The tribe also has the priority right, under rules set by the Secretary of the Interior, to provide riding animals for visitors to the monument.
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Title 16, §445a
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Nothing herein shall be construed as in any way impairing the right, title, and interest of the Navajo Tribe of Indians which they now have and hold to all lands and minerals, including oil and gas, and the surface use of such lands for agricultural, grazing, and other purposes, except as defined in section 445b of this title; and the said tribe of Indians is granted the preferential right, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, of furnishing riding animals for the use of visitors to the monument.
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16 U.S.C. § 445a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73