16 U.S.C. § 445

Canyon De Chelly National Monument; establishment; boundaries

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With the consent of the tribal council of the Navajo Tribe of Indians, the President of the United States is authorized to establish by presidential proclamation the Canyon De Chelly National Monument, within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, including the lands hereinafter described.

All lands in Del Muerto, De Chelly, and Monument Canyons, in the canyons tributary thereto, and the lands within one-half mile of the rims of the said canyons, situated in unsurveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 7 west; townships 4, 5, and 6 north, range 8 west; townships 4 and 5 north, range 9 west; and in surveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 6 west; townships 3, 6, and 7 north, range 7 west; township 6 north, range 9 west; and township 5 north, range 10 west; embracing about eighty-three thousand eight hundred and forty acres, all of the Navajo meridian, in Arizona.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1978–2016 · leading case: Nation v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 819 F.3d 1084 (9th Cir. 2016).

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Nation v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 819 F.3d 1084 (9th Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “16 U.S.C. § 445 . The monument encompasses Canyon de Chelly, two neighboring canyons, and lands adjacent to the canyons.”

Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald, 448 F. Supp. 1183 (D. Ariz. 1978). “1161 (codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 445 to 445b). 2 . Plaintiffs motion to file an amended complaint was granted in August 1977 without reaching the merits of the Navajo opposition.”

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