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The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the U.S. Government.It is responsible for assisting Hopi and Navajo Indians impacted by the relocation that Congress mandated in the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 [1] for the members of the Hopi and Navajo tribes who were living on each other's land.
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .
Hopi also occupy the Second Mesa and Third Mesa. [9] The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe. [citation needed] The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution. [10]
Locations of American Indian tribes in Texas, ca. 1500 CE. Native American tribes in Texas are the Native American tribes who are currently based in Texas and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who historically lived in Texas. Many individual Native Americans, whose tribes are headquartered in other states, reside in Texas.
Ada E. Brown (Choctaw Nation) [9] Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas (2013–2019); United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2019–present) Texas: active: Michelle Brown-Yazzie (Navajo Nation) [10] Mescalero Apache Tribal Court (2011–present; Brown-Yazzie has served as a Chief Judge) New Mexico: active
Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo / Navajo painter and sculptor Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor
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Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. These entities establish their own membership rules, and they vary.