Examining Navajo resources, past and present development strategies, and its relationship to income, this paper compares the similarity of the Navajo position to the third world countries and it analyzes the new forms of agreements now used by the third world countries for their likely effect on Navajo income. (RTS)

Of major concern to American Indians are: government to government communications; development of Indian owned energy resources; federal budget changes as they affect the American Indian; preservation, protection, and quantification of inherent and reserved Indian water rights; preservation of treaty obligations; respect for tribal sovereignty;…

The paper outlines the history of the long-standing dispute over land in Arizona co-owned by the Navajo and Hopi. It details the confusing history and predicted effects of related governmental action and legislation and describes the position of important personalities on all sides of the issue. (SB)