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This executive order, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on 1905-03-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Navaho Reservation, Utah." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Navaho Reservation, Utah.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
131
765 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
54.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Navaho Reservation, Utah," Theodore Roosevelt (Mar 10, 1905). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-navaho-reservation-utah.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands situated in the State of Utah, be, and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Montezuma Creek (in Utah); running thence due east to the Colorado State line; thence south along the Colorado State line to the San Juan River; thence down the San Juan River to the place of beginning; Provided, That any tract or tracts within the region of country described as aforesaid, which are settled upon or occupied, or to which valid rights have attached under existing laws of the United States prior to the date of this order, are hereby excluded from the reservation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
