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JULY 17, 2000 New Mexico's Pueblos have seniority when it comes to water rights on the Rio Grande, due to the Winters doctrine and and a "prior and paramount" right in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. A total of eleven Pueblos are on the river and consider the Rio Grande a vital part of cultural and agricultural subsistence. Pueblo rights are a signficant factor in water rights lawsuits, particularly the more than 30-year-old Aamodt case, which centers around Pojoaque Pueblo's water usage. The Winters doctrine, first articulated in 1908, states that water right of tribes come before others and were impliedly reserved by the government upon creation of reservations or setting aside of tribal lands. The recent Supreme Court case, Arizona v. California, upholds those rights. Get the Story:
N.M. Pueblos Own Senior Rights To Water (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 7/17) Related Stories:
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JULY 17, 2000 New Mexico's Pueblos have seniority when it comes to water rights on the Rio Grande, due to the Winters doctrine and and a "prior and paramount" right in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. A total of eleven Pueblos are on the river and consider the Rio Grande a vital part of cultural and agricultural subsistence. Pueblo rights are a signficant factor in water rights lawsuits, particularly the more than 30-year-old Aamodt case, which centers around Pojoaque Pueblo's water usage. The Winters doctrine, first articulated in 1908, states that water right of tribes come before others and were impliedly reserved by the government upon creation of reservations or setting aside of tribal lands. The recent Supreme Court case, Arizona v. California, upholds those rights. Get the Story:
N.M. Pueblos Own Senior Rights To Water (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 7/17) Related Stories:
Court upholds water rights (Enviro 6/20)
Court set to rule on water rights (Enviro 6/19)
Water rights on Supreme Court docket (Tribal Law 04/25)
Pueblo golf course raises water-rights issues (Enviro 04/19) Only on Indianz.Com:
Indian law and water rights (Enviro 4/19)
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