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reservation. Various Christian churches had established missions for the Hopi people on the reservation, and some in their zeal had failed to follow established rules before building. John describes how this affected the efforts of the L.D.S. Church to build a chapel: When the Assembly of God Church constructed a minimal cinderblock meetinghouse on the Hopi Resenration, the Hopi Tribal Council was incensed because proper procedures had not been followed to get the approval of the council. As Tribal Attorney I was asked what steps they should take with the illegal structure. I advised them that since freedom of religion and the right of assembly are protected by the Constitution of the United States and the Hopi Tribal Constitution, it would be unwise for me to take any action since there was minimal intrusion on property rights and Hopi individuals had actually given permission for use of the building site and had helped in the actual construction. 1 felt the council should just ignore the situation as it appeared to be a matter of local village concern. Interestingly, Dewey Healing, a former Tribal chairman who had been a party to the construction, lost the next election as a councilman because of his involvement in the situation. Missionaries of the L.D.S Church approached me after my advice had become known and asked why under the circumstances they could not go ahead and commence construction of the new chapel they contemplated building without applying formally to the Tribal Council. I replied, "Because you are members of the church to which I belong, and we do things right." It took several more years before the procedures prescribed by the Tribe could be accomplished in a manner satisfactory to the councilmen. The final hearing on the matter was held in the new Tribal Council chambers in Oraibi, Arizona. Mission President Dale T. Tingey was there on the occasion. There still existed in some members of the tribe, who chose to call themselves "Traditionalists," a strong resentment for any Christian religion to manifest itself on the reservation. The debate was not
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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