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Tribal water deal in Okla. halted
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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2002 The state of Oklahoma and two tribes announced on Friday that negotiations over the sale of water to Texas have been terminated. According to the Oklahomans, negotiators for Texas were offering $174 million to pay for $339 million worth of water. Texas, however, says it was willing to pay well over $200 million. The sale was part of a compact being negotiated by the Chickasaw Nation and the Choctaw Nation. The deal would settle the tribes' water rights and split the profits from a water sale. Some environmentalists, lawmakers, tribal members and tribes had raised questions about the deal. The Caddo Tribe said it had ancestral rights to the water and land in question that were being ignored. Get the Story:
Water deal's demise pleases officials with Caddo tribe (The Daily Oklahoman 1/14)
Negotiations on water sale evaporate (The Daily Oklahoman 1/12) Relevant Links:
State / Tribal Water Compact, Oklahoma - http://www.state.ok.us/~owrb/kiamichi/
state_tribal_compact.htm
Choctaw Nation - http://www.choctawnation.com
Chickasaw Nation - http://www.chickasaw.net Related Stories:
Tribal water deal seeing obstacles (1/11)
Meeting over Okla. water deal set (1/7)
Further study of tribal compact wanted (12/20)
Opinion sought on water compact (12/11)
Choctaw-Chickasaw water deal questioned (11/15)
Chickasaw-Choctaw water compact set (11/7)
Okla. compact talks raise concern (9/17)
Tribes, state may sell water (11/17)
State, tribes agree on water (10/13)
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