Several hundred northern New Mexico residents are organizing to oppose a proposed settlement to a tribal water rights lawsuit.

The Pojoaque Basin Water Alliance says water users were kept out of the dark about the deal. The group is questioning a provision that calls for non-Indians to give up their water wells and join a regional water system.

The long-running Aamodt suit, named for the first defendant, involves the water rights of the pueblos of Pojoaque, Tesuque, Namb� and San Ildefonso. Under the settlement, the tribes would give up their right to assert priority over other users.

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War over water (The Santa Fe New Mexican 4/1)

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