The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, announced a decision related to land acquisitions under the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996. The decision permits the Hopi Tribe to acquire and place in trust up to 500,000 acres of land in northern Arizona. The Hopi Tribe has already purchased over 161,000 acres of private land, and together with the state of Arizona, they have identified another 110,759.17 acres of state trust lands for acquisition. The Department of Justice has started the process of condemning these state trust lands to facilitate the transfer into trust for the Hopi Tribe.
Simple Explanation
The Hopi Tribe in Arizona wants to own more land, and the government is helping by letting them buy lots of land and making it special land that the Hopi Tribe can take care of. They have already bought some land with help from the government, and now they are working on getting even more land with some help from the state's leaders.