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This executive order, signed by President William McKinley on 1900-01-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Withdrawn Navajo Lands." 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▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Withdrawn Navajo Lands.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
105
655 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
24.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Withdrawn Navajo Lands," William McKinley (Jan 8, 1900). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-withdrawn-navajo-lands.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Executive Mansion, January 8, 1900. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country lying west of the Navajo and Moqui reservations in the Territory of Arizona, embraced within the following-described boundaries, viz, beginning at the southeast corner of the Moqui Reservation and running due west to the Little Colorado River; thence down that stream to the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve; thence north on the line of that reserve to the northeast corner thereof; thence west to the Colorado River; thence up that stream to the Navajo Indian Reservation, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement until further ordered. William McKinley.
