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Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Ut Et Al Jan 2001

Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Ut Et Al

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement Agreement: Shivwits Band of The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Jan. 18, 2001) Parties: Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of UT, UT, US, New Santa Clara Field Canal Co., Ivins Irrigation Co., Gunlock Irrigation Co., Lower Gunlock Reservoir Corp., New Santa Clara Field Canal Co., Washington County Water Conservancy District, City of St. George, St. George Field Canal Co., Bloomington Canal Co., Southgate Irrigation Co,. Edward Bowler. (Shivwitz Band Only, not the other 4 Bands of Utah Paiutes) The Band will have use of a total of 4000 acre-feet per year including 100 …


Aboriginal Rights In Transition: Reassessing Aboriginal Title And Governance, Kent Mcneil Jan 2001

Aboriginal Rights In Transition: Reassessing Aboriginal Title And Governance, Kent Mcneil

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In a series of important decisions, the Court has come to grips with a number of issues that it did its best to avoid in the past, involving the identification and definition of Aboriginal rights, the content of Aboriginal title to land and the requirements for proving it, and the relevance of the law of New France to Aboriginal rights today. This paper will focus on these recent developments in the law, as well as attempting to identify areas where the law of Aboriginal rights is incomplete and so requires further judicial elucidation.