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Navajo family fights to stay on Wupatki monument land
At Wupatki National Monument in Arizona the Peshlakai Smith family resists removal as the land shifts from tribal use to public property. The 89 year old Stella Peshlakai Smith faces loss of residency and a decades long homestead as Congress weighs private rights against public preservation. The case highlights historic Navajo ties to the site and broader debates over ancestral lands.
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Wapatki National Monument
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Wupatki National Monument
National Park Service
Stella Peshlakai Smith
Wupatki
Colorado River
Congress
Walter Phelps
Smith
The
Park Service
U.S
Kayci Cook Collins
Clyde Peshlakai
Peshlakai Etsidi
Etsidi
Bosque Redondo
Fort Sumner
N.M
Stella Peshiakai Smith
Peshiakai
Pueblo
Anthony Davis
Helen Peshiakai Davis