Justice Department Files to Transfer 45,000 Acres from Arizona to Hopi Tribe

What happened

According to U.S. Department of Justice’s source item, Justice Department Files to Transfer 45,000 Acres from Arizona to Hopi Tribe, The Justice Department and Department of the Interior announced the filing of a “friendly condemnation” to effect the transfer of more than 45,000 acres of land from the State of Arizona to the United States to be held in trust for the Hopi Tribe. Upon the Hopi Tribe depositing $8.4 million in the registry of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona as the estimate of just compensation, title to the land will pass from Arizona to the United States. Interior will then immediately place the lands into trust for the Hopi Tribe.

Context

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Source

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