Tribal Water Rights: Essays in Contemporary Law, Policy, and Economics

Tribal Water Rights
Essays in Contemporary Law, Policy, and Economics
John E. Thorson; Sarah Britton; Bonnie G. Colby
304 pp. / 6.0 x 9.0 / 2006
Cloth (978-0-8165-2482-2) [s]

Related Interest
- Law
- Native American Studies

The settlement of Indian water rights cases remains one of the thorniest legal issues in this country, particularly in the West. In a previous book, Negotiating Tribal Water Rights, Colby,

Unique, comprehensive, and written by well-qualified and experienced professionals.

—Daniel McCool, author of Native Waters: Contemporary Indian Water Settlements and the Second Treaty Era

For anyone interested in how Indian nations are trying to assert control over natural resources, the book not only illustrates political progress in the face of intimidating legal entanglements, but it also has the great advantage of practicality. It tells them what they need to do and offers models of how to do it.

—Stephen Cornell, Co-Director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

Thorson, and Britton presented a general overview of the processes involved in settling such cases; this volume provides more in-depth treatment of the many complex issues that arise in negotiating and implementing Indian water rights settlements. Tribal Water Rights brings together practicing attorneys and leading scholars in the fields of law, economics, public policy, and conflict resolution to examine issues that continue to confront the settlement of tribal claims. With coverage ranging from the differences between surface water and groundwater disputes to the distinctive nature of Pueblo claims, and from allotment-related problems to the effects of the Endangered Species Act on water conflicts, the book presents the legal aspects of tribal water rights and negotiations along with historical perspectives on their evolution.

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