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Energy And Water Development Appropriations Act Of 1996, Title V, General Provisions, Sec 507, United States 104th Congress Nov 1995

Energy And Water Development Appropriations Act Of 1996, Title V, General Provisions, Sec 507, United States 104th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1996, General Provisions (Nov. 13, 1995) (PL 104-46, Title V, § 507, 109 Stat. 402, 419 )The DOI Secretary is to proceed with construction of facilities in conformance with the Oct. 25, 1991 final Biological Opinion for the Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ46/pdf/PLAW-104publ46.pdf]


Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Of June 29, 1995, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Et Al Jun 1995

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Of June 29, 1995, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Et Al

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement Agreement: Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement of June 29, 1995. Parties: Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, AZ, US, City of Prescott & Chino Valley Irrigation District (CVID). The Tribe Prescott under a Water Services Agreement. The Tribe has the right to develop groundwater resources in accordance with a groundwater management plan developed by the Tribe for on-Reservation use. Reservation effluent may be used on Reservation or sold to off-reservation users. The Tribe’s use of settlement water on-reservation is unrestricted. Shortage management is addressed. The Tribe may develop a tribal water code. The Tribe may sell its CAP contract entitlement which …


Certificate Of Conference, Kimberly Z. Lesniak Jan 1995

Certificate Of Conference, Kimberly Z. Lesniak

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

Pursuant to Local Rule 108(m), I certify that, as attorney for Intervenors Sandia Mountain Coalition, et al., I had conferences by telephone with attorney for Plaintiff Pueblo of Sandia on January 13 and 17, 1995, and conferences by telephone with counsel for Defendants on January 11, 1995, and January 12, 1995, to determine whether either party would oppose this Motion to Intervene.


Affidavit Of Shannon Gurbaxani, Shannon Gurbaxani Jan 1995

Affidavit Of Shannon Gurbaxani, Shannon Gurbaxani

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Affidavit Of Viola Miller, Viola Miller Jan 1995

Affidavit Of Viola Miller, Viola Miller

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Affidavit Of Anita P. Miller, Anita P. Miller Jan 1995

Affidavit Of Anita P. Miller, Anita P. Miller

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Affidavit Of Kate Goldblum, Kate Goldblum Jan 1995

Affidavit Of Kate Goldblum, Kate Goldblum

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Affidavit Of Kenneth Goldblum, Kenneth Goldblum Jan 1995

Affidavit Of Kenneth Goldblum, Kenneth Goldblum

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Shrinking Indian Country: A State Offensive To Divest Tribal Sovereignty, Gloria Valencia-Weber Jan 1995

Shrinking Indian Country: A State Offensive To Divest Tribal Sovereignty, Gloria Valencia-Weber

Faculty Scholarship

In Sac and Fox, the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) argued that the Sac and Fox reservation was disestablished in the 1891 Allotment Agreement, and therefore the tribe was deprived of a cognizable land base on which it could exercise governmental power immune from the reach of the state. Based on this characterization of the land base, the OTC then argued that it could reach into Sac and Fox land and impose income and vehicle taxes. The tribe, of course, rejected any such characterization of its land base and resisted any attempt by the state to interfere with its sovereign control …


Exhibits To Motion To Intervene And Memorandum Of Law In Support, United States District Court District Of Columbia Jan 1995

Exhibits To Motion To Intervene And Memorandum Of Law In Support, United States District Court District Of Columbia

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

No abstract provided.


Law School Training Of American Indians As Legal-Warriors, Gloria Valencia-Weber Jan 1995

Law School Training Of American Indians As Legal-Warriors, Gloria Valencia-Weber

Faculty Scholarship

This article explores four areas involved in training lawyers appropriate to the needs of tribal nations. First, the American Indian tribes, as the indigenous sovereigns, present legal needs and opportunities unique from other minority groups. Development of Indian law depends on the exercise of sovereign power by the Indian nations, not constitutional equal protection of an ethnic minority. The architectural work of developing the governments, i.e., creating tribal law and operating tribal courts, calls for the legal-warrior's critical ability to meld customary perspectives with knowledge and skills acquired in legal professional training. Second, the specialty of American Indian law as …


Domestic Violence And Tribal Protection Of Indigenous Women In The United States, Christine Zuni Cruz, Gloria Valencia-Weber Jan 1995

Domestic Violence And Tribal Protection Of Indigenous Women In The United States, Christine Zuni Cruz, Gloria Valencia-Weber

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this article is to discuss openly the issue of the physical abuse of American Indian women in a manner that reflects the authors' knowledge of how American Indian people live. This article confronts presumptions or pre-existing notions about the indigenous people of the United States that pervade popular culture. Initially, this article will examine the sovereign nature of the tribal nations within the parameters of both international law and United States jurisprudence. This article will also address the way in which some international instruments relate to the rights and protection of indigenous people, including specific provisions for …