Reclaiming the Navajo Range: Resolving the Conflict between Grazing Rights and Development

Authors

Ezra Rosser, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Journal

Connecticut Law Review

Volume

51

Issue

4

Abstract

Grazing is fundamental to Navajo identity, yet management of the Navajo range remains highly problematic. This Essay connects the federal government's devastating livestock reduction effort of the 1930s with the inability of the Navajo Nation to place meaningful limits on grazing and the power of grazing permittees. It argues that the Navajo Nation should consider reasserting the tribe's traditional understanding that property rights depend on use as a way to create space for reservation development.

Recommended Citation

Ezra Rosser, Reclaiming the Navajo Range: Resolving the Conflict between Grazing Rights and Development, 51 Connecticut Law Review (2019).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1419