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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act Of 1988, Amendments Of 1991, United States 102nd Congress Dec 1991

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act Of 1988, Amendments Of 1991, United States 102nd Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: 1991 Amendments to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement of 1988 (Dec. 17, 1991} Amends the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (PL 100-512, sections7(a), 7(d), 10(a)(1)(A), 10(a)(1)(B), and 12(b)) to extend the deadline for completing such Settlement from Dec. 31, 1991, to June 30, 1992. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GPO&browsePath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1992&searchPath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1992&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&ancestors=root&packageid=STATUTE-106&ycord=1025]


An Act Making Appropriations For The Department Of The Interior And Related Agencies For The Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1992, And For Other Purposes, United States 102nd Congress Nov 1991

An Act Making Appropriations For The Department Of The Interior And Related Agencies For The Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1992, And For Other Purposes, United States 102nd Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act Amendment of 1991 Authority to Disburse Interest Income from the San Luis Rey Tribal Development Fund. (Nov. 13, 1991) Parties: La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians, US, CA, Escondido Mutual Water Company and Vista Irrigation District. Amends Public Law 100-675, Sec. 117 to provide authority to disburse interest income to the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority from the San Luis Rey Tribal Development Fund until the final Settlement is completed. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GPO&browsePath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1991&searchPath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1991&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&ancestors=root&packageid=STATUTE-105&ycord=1025]


Northern Cheyenne Tribe Water Rights Compact, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Mt May 1991

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Water Rights Compact, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Mt

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement Agreement and State Legislation: Water Rights Compact State among Montana, Northern Cheyenne Tribe and US. MCA 85-20-301 (1991). The statute ratifies Compact between Northern Cheyenne, MT and US. This Compact resolves all water claims by the Northern Cheyenne within MT so long as the Tongue River Reservoir is repaired and expanded. Pre-existing stock water, domestic and municipal water uses are recognized. Tribe has right to 32,500 a/f/y of direct flow and storage from the Tongue River Basin (and first rights to excess) with a priority date of Oct. 1, 1881 provided that actual depletion does not exceed 9,375 a/f/y. …


Jim Crow, Indian Style: The Disenfranchisement Of Native Americans, Jeanette Wolfley Jan 1991

Jim Crow, Indian Style: The Disenfranchisement Of Native Americans, Jeanette Wolfley

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the ongoing struggle of Indians to gain the right to vote and, thus, have a meaningful opportunity to fully participate in the political process. It will discuss historical and modern disenfranchisement and the continued progress toward the goal of political equality envisioned by the fifteenth amendment.