I just can't sit here and listen to this politically
correct jibberish anymore. I am Hopi. I grew up on the Hopi
reservation and I know for a fact that there IS AND ALWAYS HAS
BEEN CONFLICT BETWEEN HOPIS AND NAVAJOS!!! I am not the only
Hopi who knows this....and since most of you out in NativeNet
land think I am....When I go home this summer I will randomly
poll some Hopis (any suggestion on how many and what questions
I should ask?) on the issue. I am sure when you hear it
straight from the horses mouth it will be more convincing.
I don't mean to generalize and say that all Navajos are
pushy and inconsiderate of the rights of their neighbors but I
can state from experience that those in what used to be "joint
use area" are. How do you suppose they came to occupy Hopi
land and keep it despite at least 100 years of complaints from
the Hopi people (who went to the Indian agents, the courts and
congress...and FINALLY got there land back!)?
Please read the book "HOPI" by Suzanne and Jake Page.
This book was comissioned by the Hopi tribe as a record for its
young people...so they would know the history of the Hopi and
Navajo conflict. I would also like to stress that I did not
learn what I know from a book but from real life living next
door to the Navajo people.