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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]


Why Irac Should Be Igpac, Barbara P. Blumenfeld Nov 1995

Why Irac Should Be Igpac, Barbara P. Blumenfeld

Faculty Scholarship

While IRAC is generally a good organizational tool, I find that the R or rule part of this formulation is often unclear to students. Despite what they are taught in class, many want to see “rule” as a general premise only, forgetting that it must also include fact specific examples of how that general premise has been applied in the past. This failure leaves them without any precedent to which they can analogize the facts of their own case.


House Passess Unbalanced Clean Water Act, Denise D. Fort Jul 1995

House Passess Unbalanced Clean Water Act, Denise D. Fort

Faculty Scholarship

The Clean Water Act and the associated state statutes and regulations provide the framework for New Mexico's regulation (and nonregulation) of our rivers and streams. Both the federal and state laws need improvement if they are to work in New Mexico. As readers of The Green Fire Report well know, the "improvements" contemplated by the new Congress are unlikely to improve our water. H.R. 961, the House bill recently passed by the House, is simply unacceptable. President Clinton has indicated that he will veto the bill as passed by the House. Your efforts are needed to contact your federal legislators …


Assessing The Evolution And Available Actions For Recovery In Cultural Property Claims, Joshua E. Kastenberg Jul 1995

Assessing The Evolution And Available Actions For Recovery In Cultural Property Claims, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

United States laws regarding antiquities are not settled, but an historic legal overview provides some guidance to the direction of cultural property claims. These laws gain importance with the realization that art is second only to narcotics in worldwide illegally trafficked items. Furthermore, there is an abundance of disputed cultural property within legitimate interests, such as museums and personal collections. Thus, before taking an overview of current legal protections, it may be helpful to briefly examine two current controversies.


Elizabeth's Story: Exploring Power Imbalances In Divorce Mediation, Scott H. Hughes Jul 1995

Elizabeth's Story: Exploring Power Imbalances In Divorce Mediation, Scott H. Hughes

Faculty Scholarship

Case study of many spouses who enter the divorce process with severe deficits in their abilities to deal with the emotional, economic, intellectual, and logistical issues which arise. Mediation may not be adviseable when there is an inequality of bargaining power due to abuse, inexperience, ignorance, socialization and/or the grieving process.


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 …


Its Time For A State Environmental Policy Act, Denise D. Fort Mar 1995

Its Time For A State Environmental Policy Act, Denise D. Fort

Faculty Scholarship

What single law should be the first step in protecting New Mexico's environment from the consequences of our cascading population? My nomination would go to a State Environmental Policy Act, commonly called a "state NEPA." These laws are on one level very simple, requiring only that state governments "stop and think" before taking actions with significant environmental costs. After twenty-five years of experience with the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), however, we know that a law that allows citizens input into governmental action has a profound effect on governmental action.


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.


Book Review: Rethinking The American Constitutional Tradition: National Dimensions In The Formulation Of State Constitutions, Christian G. Fritz Jan 1995

Book Review: Rethinking The American Constitutional Tradition: National Dimensions In The Formulation Of State Constitutions, Christian G. Fritz

Faculty Scholarship

Founding the Far West is an important scholarly contribution to nineteenth-century American history. However, its analysis of how California, Oregon, and Nevada became states identifies a dynamic that fails to capture the tradition of American constitution-making. Only when state constitution-making is more widely studied can the dimensions of that tradition be understood in ways that will integrate the meaning of the state constitutional experience. So too, the recent interest in state constitutions as documents having an independent source of constitutional authority may curb the ingrained habit of studying American constitutional law from "the top down" and encourage scholars to bring …


Indian Culture And Spirituality: Some Reflections On The Shaping And Sharing Of Cultural Values, Sherri L. Burr Jan 1995

Indian Culture And Spirituality: Some Reflections On The Shaping And Sharing Of Cultural Values, Sherri L. Burr

Faculty Scholarship

This article provides an introduction to the unique conflicts over American Indian cultural objects. There is clearly an internal appreciation of Indian culture by Indians, as well as an external appreciation of Indian culture by others either for personal use or to be display in homes or museums. Through this exchange, the creator of the objects shares his or her heritage with the recipient. By sharing art and cultural items, either voluntarily or by force, a learning process ensues about the objects and about those who created them. In considering ownership of Native American cultural objects, the law has not …


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 …


Scenes From The Continuum: Sustaining The Maccrate Report's Vision Of Legal Education Into The Twenty-First Century, J. Michael Norwood Jan 1995

Scenes From The Continuum: Sustaining The Maccrate Report's Vision Of Legal Education Into The Twenty-First Century, J. Michael Norwood

Faculty Scholarship

In 1992, the ABA Task Force on Legal Education and the Profession, under the leadership of its Chairman Robert MacCrate, came out with what has become popularly known as the MacCrate Report. This epochal document has redefined the scope of the current debate on how law school should be taught and what values should make up the core of legal education. In this article, Professor Norwood provides background on the Report and an overview of its contents. He then forecasts the effect it is likely to have in the coming years, noting impediments likely to arise from law schools reluctant …


Federal Environmental Citizen Provisions: Obstacles And Incentives On The Road To Environmental Justice, Eileen Gauna Jan 1995

Federal Environmental Citizen Provisions: Obstacles And Incentives On The Road To Environmental Justice, Eileen Gauna

Faculty Scholarship

This article attempts to examine the special problems that community-based groups in low income and minority communities might encounter in prosecuting citizen suits under highly technical environmental statutes. To set the context for this inquiry, part II of this article describes the environmental justice movement and investigates the charge that communities of color are disproportionately and unjustly burdened with environmental hazards. Part II also explores the differences in perspective that underlie much of the conflict among environmental justice activists, mainstream environmental organizations, and EPA. Part II concludes with a look at social forces that have contributed to environmental inequities and …