The Yuma Reclamation Project: Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River

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The Yuma Reclamation Project ij Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River Robert A. Sauder University of Nevada Press r e n o & l a s v e g a s ij University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 usa Copyright © 2009 by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Kathleen Szawiola Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sauder, Robert A. The Yuma reclamation project : irrigation, Indian allotment, and settlement along the lower Colorado River / Robert Alden Sauder. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-87417-783-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Reclamation of land—Arizona—Yuma Valley—History—20th century. 2. Irrigation— Arizona—Yuma Valley—History—20th century. 3. Indian allotments—Arizona—Yuma Valley— History—20th century. 4. Indians of North America—Arizona—Yuma Valley—History—20th century. 5. Land settlement—Arizona—Yuma Valley—History—20th century. 6. Yuma Valley (Ariz.)—History—20th century. 7. Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)—History—20th century. 8. Yuma Valley (Ariz.)—Environmental conditions 9. Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)— Environmental conditions. 10. Irrigation—Political aspects—West (U.S.)—History—20th century. I. Title. tc824.a6S25 2009 333.73'15309791—dc22 2009015671 The paper used in this book is a recycled stock made from 30 percent postconsumer waste materials, certified by fsc, and meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r2002). Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. f i r s t e d i t i o n 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 For Rose ij When I was a kid in geography class, I was taught that water always flows downhill. What I’ve learned since is that water flows to money and power, wherever they may be. —Former Navaho tribal chairman Peterson Zah, quoted in American Indian Water Rights and the Limits of Law, by Lloyd Burton ...