Author : James Earl Sherow
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826319135
An anthology of diverse approaches and issues in the environmental history of the American West.
Author : Thomas R. McGuire
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN :
Although the rights of Indian reservations to water were specified by the Supreme Court as early as 1908, the settlement of Native American claims has become a crucial matter in recent years as economic and demographic growth in the West places extreme demands on this limited resource. This collection of essays on Indian water rights seeks to assess these ongoing processes of conflict and accommodation among competing claimants. It brings together the views of engineers, lawyers, ecologists, economists, professional mediators, federal officials, an anthropologist, and a Native American tribal leader - all either students of these processes or protagonists in them - to discuss how the legitimate claims of both Indians and non-Indians to scarce water in the West are being settled. Because the number of cases settled to date is but a small fraction of those pending, this volume offers an invaluable perspective on an active issue and points to the need for negotiation rather than litigation. It complements the existing literature on water law with a divergence of outlooks on an issue of vast complexity.
Author : Gordon Morris Bakken
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780806132150
In this volume, Gordon Morris Bakken traces the distinctive development of western legal history. The contributors' essays provide succinct descriptions of major cases, legislation, and individual western states' constitutional provisions that are unique in the American legal system. To assist the reader, the volume is organized by subject, including natural resources, municipal authority, business regulation, American Indian sovereignty and water rights, women, and Mormons. Contributors are: Roy H. Andes, Dana Blakemore, Richard Griswold del Castillo, Susan Badger Doyle, James W. Ely, Jr., Brenda Gail Farrington, Dale D. Goble, Neil Greenwood, Vanessa Gunther, Louise A Halper, Claudia Hess, Kenneth Hough, Paul Kens, Shenandoah Grant Lynd, Thomas C. Mackey, Nicholas George Malavis, Timothy Miller, Danelle Moon, Andrew P. Morriss, Keith Pacholl, Laurie Caroline Pintar, Michael A. Powell, Ion Puschilla, Emily Rader, Peter L. Reich, John Phillip Reid, Lucy E. Salyer, Susan Sanchez, Janet Schmelzer, Howard Shorr, Paul Reed Spitzzeri, John Joseph Stanley, Donald L. Stelluto, Jr., Timothy A. Strand, Imre Sutton, Nancy J. Taniguchi, and Lonnie Wilson.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309045282
The American West faces many challenges, but none is more important than the challenge of managing its water. This book examines the role that water transfers can play in allocating the region's scarce water resources. It focuses on the variety of third parties, including Native Americans, Hispanic communities, rural communities, and the environment, that can sometimes be harmed when water is moved. The committee presents recommendations to guide states, tribes, and federal agencies toward better regulation. Seven in-depth case studies are presented: Nevada's Carson-Truckee basin, the Colorado Front Range, northern New Mexico, Washington's Yakima River basin, central Arizona, and the Central and Imperial valleys in California. Water Transfers in the West presents background and current information on factors that have encouraged water transfers, typical types of transfers, and their potential negative effects. The book highlights the benefits that water transfers can bring but notes the need for more third-party representation in the processes used to evaluate planned transfers.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1428909885
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 38,16 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 10,80 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Water
ISBN :
Author : Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN :
Author : Wade Davies
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0810862360
American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography covers a wide variety of topics and includes sources dealing with federal Indian policy, federal and tribal courts, criminal justice, tribal governance, religious freedoms, economic development, and numerous sub-topics related to tribal and individual rights. While primarily focused on the years 1900 to the present, many sources are included that focus on the 19th century or earlier. The annotations included in this reference will help researchers know enough about the arguments and contents of each source to determine its usefulness. Whenever a clear central argument is made in an article or book, it is stated in the entry, unless that argument is made implicit by the title of that entry. Each annotation also provides factual information about the primary topic under discussion. In some cases, annotations list topics that compose a significant portion of an author's discussion but are not obvious from the title of the entry. American Indian Sovereignty and Law will be extremely useful in both studying Native American topics and researching current legal and political actions affecting tribal sovereignty.
Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Water resources development
ISBN :
