Indian Water Rights

Many of the projects supported in settlement agreements bring clean and potable water to Tribal communities, while other projects repair crumbling irrigation ...

Indian Water Rights Settlements | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

The settlement of Indian Water Rights is a process by which the water claims of major water rights holders are settled providing certainty that improves water ...

Enacted Indian Water Rights Settlements

3478, 3535 (2004) (Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (formerly known as the Papago Tribe of Arizona)). Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1987, Pub. L ...

The Supreme Court and Tribal Water Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Arizona v. Navajo Nation, a case that asked whether the Navajo Nation's treaties impose on the ...

Secretary's Indian Water Rights Office | U.S. Department of the Interior

The mission of SIWRO is to manage, negotiate, and oversee implementation of settlements of Indian water rights claims, with the strong participation of ...

Indian Water Rights Settlements - CRS Reports

In the second half of the 19th century, the federal government pursued a policy of confining Indian tribes to reservations.

Indian Water Rights, Practical Reasoning, and Negotiated Settlements

As explained more fully below, the Supreme Court has implied reserved tribal water rights when construing treaties and other similar legal instruments. The ...

Indian Water Rights Settlements - FAS Project on Government Secrecy

In the second half of the 19th century, the federal government pursued a policy of confining Indian tribes to reservations.

Tribal Water Rights Overview

The Colorado River Basin covers portions of seven states and Mexico with over 40 million water users. image. Federal reserved Tribal water rights are defined ...

Indian Reserved Water Rights - Western States Water Council

The group provided a forum to discuss ways to improve the process of approving and implementing negotiated settlements. The WSWC and NARF have continued to ...

Grijalva Introduces Bill to Resolve Tribal Water Rights Settlements ...

Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced H.R. 8937, to help bring safe, clean, reliable water and water infrastructure to Indian Country by ...

Water Rights Negotiation and Litigation Program - | Indian Affairs

Program funding is critical for supporting and advancing on-going Indian water rights litigation cases as well as Federal and Tribal negotiations being ...

American Indian Water Rights - Utton Center

Pueblo and. Tribal water rights are determined and described under federal law. They may assert aboriginal and federal reserved water rights claims that are not ...

Overview of Indian Water Rights - OpenSIUC

Generally, the Supreme Court has upheld tribal government jurisdiction over both tribal members and activities on the Indian reservations. And, within the last ...

Indian Water Rights | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Crucial to economic development, irrigation and the quality of life for tribal citizens on reservations, water is vital to the future of Indian reservations ...

Supreme Court: US Not Responsible for Water Rights; Navajo ...

The Court's decision in Arizona v. Navajo Nation held that the United States did not have an affirmative treaty or trust obligation to identify ...

The Unfulfilled Promise of Indian Water Rights Settlements

The pervasiveness of water insecurity across tribal communities gained national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Native. Americans ...

States Opposed Tribes' Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago ...

The case, Arizona v. California, also offered Native American tribes a rare opportunity to claim their share of the river. But they were forced ...

American Indian Water Rights and the Limits of Law

They hold water rights dating back to treaty obligations of the U.S. government—rights that often conflict with state water-rights allocation doctrines.

Native American Water Rights Settlement (NAWRS) documents

The project is supported by the Native American Rights Fund, the National Congress of American Indians and the Western States Water Council. Our funding ...