Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§445a Rights and Privileges of Navajo Indians in Canyons
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 445a
Summary
Keeps the Navajo Tribe's rights to all lands and minerals (including oil and gas) and to surface use (farming, grazing, etc.) except as in section 445b, and gives the tribe priority to supply riding animals under Interior Secretary rules.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102