Leland Todicheeney v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

  1. April 15, 2024

    9th Circ. Says Court Must Consider Pay In Navajo Benefits Bid

    The Ninth Circuit has vacated a ruling that a Navajo Nation member failed to prove he was wrongfully denied relocation benefits after the U.S. gave his ancestral lands to the Hopi Tribe, with a split panel remanding the case to federal district court with instructions to consider evidence of his income.

  2. December 13, 2022

    Navajo Man Tells 9th Circ. He Is Owed Relocation Benefits

    A Navajo Nation member has told the Ninth Circuit he was wrongly denied relocation benefits after the federal government awarded his ancestral land to the Hopi Tribe, saying a lower court wrongly found that he lacked evidence showing income he earned from 1978 to 1980.