1. Further clouding the case for Dilophosaurus is the fact the dino was taken from Navajo lands without permission, Tsonakwa said. 2. Hopi officials also pointed out that the Navajo Tribe recently, for the first time, put restrictions on Hopis who plan to hold ceremonies on Navajo lands. 3. Monument Valley, on Navajo land, straddles the Utah-Arizona border. 4. The Navajo lands began where the trees ended and a hot, dusty, vastness sprawled ahead. 5. The Navajo occupied lands left by the Anasazi, whose departure is still incompletely explained. 6. The much smaller Hopi reservation sits in the middle of Navajo lands. 7. Tribal leaders maintained the ceremony was being performed on Navajo land and should not require a permit. |