Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Navajo Indians

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Tuesday, October 29, 1878

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1 min read (126 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes on 1878-10-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Defining Boundaries for Navajo Indians." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Defining Boundaries for Navajo Indians.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

126

772 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

28.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Navajo Indians," Rutherford B. Hayes (Oct 29, 1878). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-defining-boundaries-for-navajo-indians.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 29, 1878. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the boundary line between the Territories of Arizona and Utah; thence west along said boundary line to the one hundred and tenth degree of longitude west; thence south along said degree to the thirty-sixth parallel of latitude north; thence east along said parallel to the west boundary of the Navajo Reservation; thence north along said west boundary to the place of beginning, be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the present reservation for the Navajo Indians. R. B. HAYES.