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American Indian Water Rights and the Use of the Colorado River Water (1982)
by S.K. Smith
"Water Supply and Management" article (Volume 6, pp. 75-86)
Abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court decided in the case of Winters vs. U.S. that...Indians had command of the lands and the waters...on Indian reservations. Considerable litigation is underway regarding the quantification of these water rights for Indian reservactions in the Colorado River Basin. Besides domestic and agricultural water needs, fishing and sacred water uses are important to Indians. In addition, significant energy resources are located in Indian lands. Development of Indian water rights, along with other competing water demands on the Colorado River, will require more compromise than has been exhibited in the past.
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