Landless San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe could finally get its own homeland
The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe is the only federally recognized tribe in Arizona without its own treaty lands. Tribal President Johnny Lehi Jr. said a proposal to grant lands the tribe would "make us stronger in our self-governance." (Photo by Lillie Boudreaux/Cronkite News)
Landless San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe could finally get its own homeland
For more than 160 years, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe has shared land with the Navajo Nation, and for the past 23 years it has had a treaty pending...
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