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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: Idaho Opening Brief Appellants Opening Brief US Response Brief Coeur d’Alene Tribe Response Brief HECLA Response Brief North Idaho Water Rights Alliance Response Brief Idaho Response … Continue reading
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 339 US Response 340 Utility and State Response 346 Navajo Reply 360-1 Navajo Renewed Motion 369 Utility and State Response 370 US … Continue reading
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.): 65 CAWCD Counterclaim 74 US Answer 76 US Motion to Dismiss 65 80 CAWCD Response to 76 82 Reply in Support of 76 102 … Continue reading
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/
Posted in Research, water rights
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
