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Federal Court Rejects Individual Blackfeet Members’ Objection to Water Compact
Here are the materials in Enrolled Members of the Blackfeet Tribe v. Crowe (D. Mont.): 1 Pro Se Complaint 20 US Motion to Dismiss 29 Motion to File Amended Complaint 33 US 2d Motion to Dismiss 43 Magistrate Findings 47 … Continue reading
Bob Anderson on Indigenous Rights to Water and Environmental Protection
Robert T. Anderson has published Indigenous Rights to Water & Environmental Protection in the Harvard Civil rights-Civil Liberties Law Journal. an excerpt: This article examines the rights of Indian nations in the United States to adequate water supplies and environmental protection for … Continue reading
The Guardian: “While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water”
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Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Canada, News, water rights
Tagged Grand River Six Nations
New Mexico COA Decides Navajo Nation Water Rights Issue
Here is the opinion in State of New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer v. United States: NM v US re Navajo Nation (NMApp 2018)
Federal Circuit Rejects Trust Breach Claim for Water by Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Here is the opinion in Crow Creek Sioux Tribe v. United States. Briefs: Crow Creek Opening Brief US Response Brief Reply Lower court materials.
Tenth Circuit Dismisses Objectors’ Appeal of Pojoaque Valley Water Settlement
Here is the opinion in State of New Mexico v. Aamodt. Briefs: Answering Brief for the United States of America Appellant’s Consolidated Reply Brief to Appellees’ and Appellees in Intervention’s Briefs Appellant’s Opening Brief Appellant’s Supplemental Brief Pursuant to the Court’s … Continue reading
Commentator in Salt Lake Tribune Calls for Criminal Prosecution of San Juan County Clerk
Here is “Gehrke: A county clerk’s deceptive attempt to keep Grayeyes out of the San Juan commission race should lead to criminal charges.”
New Scholarship on Indian Water Rights [Science Magazine]
Here is “Indigenous communities, groundwater opportunities,” published in Science: science article
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Scholarship, water rights
Tagged Indian water rights
Ninth Circuit Issues Trio of Decisions on Walker River
Here is the opinion in United States v. Walker River Irrigation District. From the court’s syllabus: The panel first held that the district court was correct that it retained jurisdiction to litigate additional rights in the Walker River Basin and … Continue reading
Idaho SCT Briefs in Coeur d’Alene Water Rights Case
Here are the briefs (so far) in Coeur d’Alene Tribe v. State of Idaho: Tribe Opening Brief US Opening Brief
