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Indian Water Rights Settlements - Legal Department NM OSE/ISC

The Office of the State Engineer has the following settlement agreements and proposed agreements in progress.

Implementing Winters Doctrine Indian Reserved Water Rights

Producing Indian Water and Economic Development. Without Injuring Non-Indian Water Users? Reid Peyton Chambers and John E. Echohawk*. INTRODUCTION. Indians ...

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to ...

The Supreme Court recently ruled against the Navajo Nation, denying their water rights and exacerbating the severe water crisis on their ...

Indian Water Rights: Litigation and Settlements

3, at. 1212. In addition to the eighteen settlements cited in Cohen, Congress in 2004 approved settlements for the. Nez Perce Tribe and the Gila River Indian ...

Reserved Indian Water Rights in Riparian Jurisdictions

In this article, the author explores the question of whether nonfederally recognized eastern Indian tribes can claim reserved tribal rights to water under the ...

A Growing Movement to Reclaim Water Rights for Indigenous People

Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and ...

Indian Water Rights: Litigation and Settlements

This article provides a brief overview of the law of Indian and federal reserved water rights and continues with an examination of the Snake River Water ...

How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water - ProPublica

As it negotiates water rights with tribes, Arizona goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes' opportunities for growth and economic ...

Governor Hobbs Applauds Landmark Tribal Water Rights Settlement ...

Phoenix, AZ - Today, Governor Katie Hobbs voiced her support for the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024.

Navajo Water Rights Settlement Legislation Introduced in Congress

On Monday, Arizona's two U.S. senators and four members of the U.S. Congress introduced legislation to authorize the country's largest ...

The Unsettling of the West: How Indians Got the Best Water Rights

INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS: THE WINTERS DOCTRINE IN ITS. SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT, 1880s-1930S. By John Shurts. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2000. Pp ...

Legislative Hearing Explores Indian Water Rights Settlements

The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries recently held a legislative hearing to discuss 12 bills focused on Indian water rights and settlements.

Water Rights Settlement - Yavapai-Apache Nation

The Settlement Agreement safeguards our water future, helps protect the Verde River and local groundwater supplies, and provides for the delivery of ...

A New Moment for Indian Water Rights Settlements - Racism.org

Today, 170 Native American reservations “have unresolved water claims that potentially exceed the region's hydrological capacity.” Secretary of ...

Tribal Water Law and Policy

United States and applies to certain federal lands, including tribal reservations. Many California tribes have established reserved rights or are in the process ...

Major Bill on Indian Water Rights Settlements Moves to House

The current bill packages three separate pieces of legislation: the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act, the Aamodt Litigation Settlement ...

Tribes and Water in the Colorado River Basin

Other water users, however, are concerned about how tribal water rights and uses integrate with already existing and planned future non-Indian uses of basin ...

Despite owning rights to Colorado River, tribes largely cut off from ...

A little-known fact about the Colorado River is that American Indian tribes own rights to about a quarter of the river.

Courts Have Much to Resolve in Determining Indian Water Rights

A sustainable water supply is critical for viable communities. In the western United States, this has meant the development of water law ...

Indian Water Rights: A State Perspective after Akin

It is with that objective in mind that the state perspective is presented. I. Western Water Law. II. The Winters Doctrine—Its Origin. III. The Aboriginal Right ...