Here.
water rights
NPR: “Many Native Americans Can’t Get Clean Water, Report Finds”
Here.
Report here (chapter on Navajo).
Tenth Circuit Briefs in United States v. Abousleman
Federal Circuit Decides Baley v. United States [Indian reserved water rights to Klamath River water predate farmers]
Here is the opinion.
Here are the briefs:
klamath-tribe-amicus-brief.pdf
Idaho SCT Decides Coeur d’Alene Tribe Water Rights Matter Largely in Tribe’s Favor
Here is the opinion in In re:CSRBA Case No. 49576 (Idaho S. Ct.).
Briefs:
Coeur d’Alene Tribe Response Brief
Navajo Water Rights Trust Breach Case Dismissed
Here are the updated materials in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D. Arizona):
Third Amended Complaint materials
340 Utility and State Response
369 Utility and State Response
Prior posts here.
Ak-Chin Prevails (with US Help) in Water Dispute with Central Arizona Water Conservation District
Here are the materials in Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Central Arizona Water Conservation District (D. Ariz.):
108 Ak-Chin Motion for Summary J
115 US Reply in Support of 107
116 Ak-Chin Reply in Support of 108
Prior posts here.
SYMPOSIUM ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS – August 13-15, 2019.
The Western States Water Council & Native American Rights Fund are presenting a symposium on the settlement of Indian reserved water rights claims August 13-15, 2019 in Funner, California.
For information see: https://www.narf.org/cases/water-rights-symposium/
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.):
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 their land and associated resources. Part I of this article provides a brief background on the history of federal-tribal relations and the source and scope of federal obligations to protect tribal resources. Part II reviews the source and nature of the federal government’s moral and legal obligations to Indian tribes, which are generally referred to as the trust responsibility. Indian reserved water rights and the difficulty tribes experience in protecting habitat needed for healthy treaty resources is discussed in Part III. Part IV reviews the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy and the shortcomings of federal law in protecting tribal reservations and resources. Part V concludes with recommendations for enhanced and improved access to justice as well as substantive changes in the law to advance environmental protection for Indian tribes in the United States.
