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The Navajo Nation Council ratified the Agreement, with certain caveats, on November 23, 1992. An overwhelming majority of the families responded that they would not ratify the Agreement, and stated that the concept of a 75-year lease, absent adequate provisions for renewal and other necessary protections and modifications, does not address their religious and cultural concerns or provide a basis for a realistic resolution of the land dispute. The Land Commission has considered the request of the Navajo families living on the HPL and has made a recommendation to the Navajo Nation Council. The Navajo Nation Council further requests that the Hopi Tribe provide signed assurances that will allow the Navajo families to remain on the HPL, their ancestral homeland, while serious consideration is given to the Navajo proposal. The Navajo Nation Council, in order to further the mediation process, calls upon the State of Arizona to transfer to the Hopi Tribe those State lands intermingled with fee lands that are transferred to the Hopi Tribe in connection with this offer, and to provide necessary and appropriate assistance to convert such lands into trust status for the Hopi Tribe, as previously proposed by the Governor of Arizona.