Water Resources Update

Universities Council on Water Resources

Issue No. 107: Spring, 1997

 

Native Indian Water Rights

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Foreword  1

 

Overview of Indian Water Rights

by Susan M. Williams 6

 

The McCarran Amendment And The Administration Of Tribal Reserved Water Rights

by Jay F. Stein 9

 

A View From Front Lines: Current Status Of Four Water Rights Cases

by Brett Lee Shelton    16

 

The Legacy And The Promise Of The Settlement Of Indian Reserved Right Water Claims

by Christopher L. Keeney      21

 

Indian Water Settlements: Negotiating Tribal Claims to Water

by Daniel McCool     28

 

Avoiding A Train Wreck In The San Juan River Basin

by John W. Leeper      33

 

Summary Of The Symposium On The Settlement Of Indian Reserved Water Rights

by Susan Cottingham and Joan Specking 39

 

Native Water Enforcement From The Grassroots Up

by Neil Patterson, Jr. 47

 

Water Quality And The Winters Doctrine

by Judith V. Royster    50

 

Treaty Fisheries In The Upper Midwest

      by George R. Spangler