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What appears to be a matter of a simple boundary dispute between two Native American Indian tribes; the Navajo and Hopi, is more likely to be a subtle example of the United States’ previous expulsion and extermination policy of its aboriginal peoples. Though unlike the past, where such actions were more open and accepted public policy; such as “The Trail of Tears,” and “The Long Walk,” the current situation is masked behind federally instituted accommodating tribal governments, legal shell games and greedy industrial exploitation of native natural resources. The intention of this paper, is to examine the history of what has led both tribes to the point of the current territorial dispute ; who are all the participants, what are the sociological, geographical and political problems resulting from this situation. Finally, what are some possible solutions? Long before the arrival of any pioneers from the United States, prior to the rancheros of Mexico, previous to the conquistadors searching for El Dorado, long ahead of the pastoral Diné and even ahead of the horticultural Hopi, were the Anasazi. Archeological estimates begin to place the Anasazi’s presence in the American Southwest ab