The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Centennial

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vii Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The Winters Doctrine 1. The Legacy of Winters v. United States and the Winters Doctrine, One Hundred Years Later, Barbara Cosens 5 2. The Primary Cases of the Reserved Rights Doctrine: Reenactments of the Oral Arguments. Remarks of thomas w. fredericks, G. Emlen Hall, Edwin S. Kneedler, Joseph P. Mazurek, Mason Morisset, Jerome C. Muys, A. Dan Tarlock, and Jeanne S. Whiteing 22 3. Winters in Its Historical Context. Remarks of Patricia Limerick and John Shurts 53 Part II. Winters and the Contemporary Landscape 4. Winters and the Contemporary Landscape, John E. Thorson 81 Contents viii CONTENTS 5. One Hundred Years after Winters: The Immovable Object of Tribes’ Reserved Water Meets the Irresistible Force of States’ Reserved Rights under the Equal Footing Doctrine, Richard Monette 86 6. Indian Water Rights: The Era of Settlement, Jeanne S. Whiteing 136 7. Post-decree Administration of Indian Water Rights in Multijurisdictional Settings, Michael C. Nelson 147 Part III. Case Studies in the Winters Doctrine 8. Results Following Litigation: The Wind River Tribes/ Big Horn River. Remarks of Craig Alexander, Gordon “Jeff” Fassett, and Susan Williams 169 9. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Water Rights. Remarks of Joe Ely 180 10. The Boundaries of Winters—When the Courts Alone Are Not Enough to Protect Indian Reserved Rights, Scott W. Williams 191 11. The Fort Belknap Water Compact. Remarks of John Allen, Woldezion Mesghinna, and Chris Tweeten 221 12. Winters in Salmon Country: The Nez Perce Tribe Instream Flow Claims, Mark Solomon 238 13. Off-Reservation Instream Flows: The Nez Perce Settlement. Remarks of Michael Bogert, Duane T. Mecham, Rebecca Miles, and Steven Moore 258 14. Litigation versus Settlement in Non-Indian Federal Reserved Rights. Remarks of Susan Cottingham, James DuBois, and John Leshy 270 15. A New Deal for a 1933 Water Right: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Instream Flow Controversy, Reed D. Benson 280 Part IV. The Post-Winters World 16. The Future of Winters. Remarks of Michael Bogert, Barbara Cosens, Philip S. “Sam” Deloria, John Echohawk, David Getches, John Leshy, and Jeanne S. Whiteing 307 17. Will the Winters Commitment to Justice Endure? It Depends on Us. Remarks of Regis Pecos 331 ix CONTENTS Appendix A. Winters v. United States 337 Appendix B. Indian Water Rights Settlements 346 Selected Bibliography 350 About the Editors 352 Authors and Contributors 353 Index 362 ...