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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
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
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
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
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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
Update in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (water rights case on remand)
Here: 2018-04-13 Doc 335 NN Mot Leave Intervene 2018-04-13 Doc 335-1 NN Memo in Support of Mot for Leave to Amend 2018-04-13 Doc 335-2 EX 1 – NN Proposed Third Amended Complaint On remand from the Ninth Circuit, the Nation … Continue reading
New Mexico Court of Appeals Upholds Navajo New Mexico Settlement
Here are the materials: 33437 MEMO OPINION 33439 33534 MEMO OPINION 33535 FORMAL OPINION 33535 ORDER DENYING
