Editing Hopi (section)

==Hopi–Navajo land disputes==
[[File:Hopi_reservation_partion_%26_Navajo_Reservation.JPG|thumb|Map of the [[Hopi reservation]] surrounded by the Navajo Nation, showing 1882 boundaries, 1936 District 6, and the 1962 Joint Use Area.]]
{{further|Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation}}
From the 1940s to the 1970s, the Navajo moved their settlements closer to Hopi land, causing the Hopi to raise the issue with the U.S. government. This resulted in the establishment of "District 6" which placed a boundary around the Hopi villages on the first, second, and third mesas, thinning the reservation to {{convert|501501|acre|km2}}.<ref name="Dockstader, Frederick J. 1940" /> In 1962 the courts issued the "Opinion, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Judgment," which stated that the U.S. government did not grant the Navajo any type of permission to reside on the [[Hopi Reservation]] that was declared in 1882; and that the remaining Hopi land was to be shared with the Navajo, as the ''Navajo–Hopi Joint Use Area''.<ref name="nau.edu">{{cite web |work=Hopi Cultural Preservation Office |url=http://www8.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/ |title=Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area |date=November 12, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201183008/http://www8.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1961 to 1964, the Hopi tribal council signed leases with the U.S. government that allowed companies to explore and drill for oil, gas, and minerals in Hopi country. This drilling brought over three million dollars to the Hopi Tribe.<ref name="Clemmer, Richard O. 1974">{{cite book |last=Clemmer |first=Richard O. |contribution=Hopi History, 1940–1974 |editor1-first=Alfonso |editor1-last=Ortiz |editor2-last=Sturtevant |editor2-first=William C. |title=Southwest |volume=9 |series=[[Handbook of North American Indians]] |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |year=1979 |pages=533–538 |oclc=26140053 }}</ref> In 1974, The Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act was passed,(Public Law 93–531; 25 U.S.C. 640d et seq.), followed by the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996, settling some issues not resolved in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ301/PLAW-104publ301.pdf |title=Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996, PUBLIC LAW 104–301 |date=October 11, 1996 |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> The 1974 Act created the [[Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation]], which forced the relocation of any Hopi or Navajo living on the other's land. In 1992, the Hopi Reservation was increased to {{convert|1500000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="nau.edu" />

Currently, the Hopi Reservation is traversed by [[Arizona State Route 264]], a paved road that links the numerous Hopi villages.