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	<title>Aquafornia &#187; Indian Water Rights</title>
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		<title>Tribes could turn the tables on water control</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59479</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado River & the Southwest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Range blog at High Country News: &#8220;It seems like every week there’s another article about the future of western water—how much we’ll have, where it will come from, and who will get it. Since it’s key to our sustainability and growth, it’s something we ought to be talking about. But there’s a key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salazar announces finalization of Soboba tribal water rights settlement</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58067</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: &#8220;After three years, the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has received its water settlement agreement from the United States government. On November 29, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Soboba of Luiseño Indians Settlement Act, worth $21 million in federal funding. The historic settlement was the final step in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego County: Local tribes say they are owed millions for water rights; Century-old dispute over water continues</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/45878</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the North County Times: &#8220;Five North County tribes say they are owed millions of dollars by the agency that supplies water to much of Southern California and they are seeking arbitration to resolve the matter. It is the latest salvo in a century-old dispute over water rights. Officials with the Indian Water Authority, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior secretary signs Navajo water settlement; negotiations with Mexico continue</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/37300</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas &  Nevada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Bloomberg News: &#8220;Ten of thousands of Navajos will finally enjoy running water in their homes under a national settlement that quantifies the tribe&#8217;s water rights in the lower Colorado River basin, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday. Salazar and Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. signed the San Juan Navajo Water Rights Settlement during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Fleck column: Water deal a milestone for Navajos</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/37012</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From John Fleck at the Albuquerque Journal, this column: &#8220;President Barack Obama, speaking last week at a White House signing ceremony for Indian water rights settlement legislation, said the bill would provide &#8220;permanent access to secure water supplies year-round&#8221; for seven Native American communities around the West. One of those is the Navajo Nation. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Napolitano helps secure Native American water rights</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/36340</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/36340#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the website from Congresswoman Grace Napolitano: &#8216;Yesterday, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano voted in favor of H.R. 4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which passed the House of Representatives with provisions establishing the federal government’s obligation to make drinking water available to Native American tribes and pueblos. Napolitano is chair of the Water and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo president signs off on water settlement</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35720</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the L. A. Daily News: &#8220;WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. has approved an agreement that quantifies the tribe&#8217;s water rights in the lower Colorado River basin. Tribal lawmakers voted in favor of the settlement earlier this month. It gives the tribe 31,000 acre-feet of water a year from the basin, any unclaimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajos OK water-rights deal, but delivery could take years</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35147</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arizona Daily Star: &#8220;FLAGSTAFF &#8211; Navajo lawmakers have approved an agreement that quantifies the tribe&#8217;s water rights in the lower Colorado River Basin, but it could be years before any of that water reaches tribal communities. The settlement gives the tribe 31,000 acre-feet of water a year from the basin, an amount critics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More improvements coming for Kern Valley allotment</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/34188</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/34188#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: &#8220;LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. – The land allotment policies of the 1800s – designed to break up American Indian land and push the First People out of the way of settlement – steamrolled through Indian country faster than rail and wagon trains could bring new settlers. More than a century later, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal water rights supported before Congress</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/29662</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/29662#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: &#8220;A pair of tribal water rights settlements received renewed attention from Congress just before its break for summer recess. “They are not the most exciting issues around. … but they are very important in the life of tribal governments,” said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo water project promises to deliver in two years</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/23495</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/23495#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado River & the Southwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Farmington, New Mexico Daily Times: &#8220;More than 10,000 Navajo citizens are expected to get access to running water within two years following dedication Monday of the Eastern Navajo Waterline Project. The dedication ceremony, held in the Counselor Chapter, kicked off a $29 million project that will cross four counties and eight chapters. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baca sponsors legislation requesting water resources feasibility study for Soboba Band</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22125</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Congressman Joe Baca: &#8220;Today, Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project to address the water resource development and management needs of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Reservation. The legislation authorizes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress cited in Pechanga tribe water rights case</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/17287</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/17287#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Valley News: &#8220;A tentative water rights agreement that was reached between the Pechanga Indian tribe and the Rancho California Water District a year ago would be cemented under legislation recently introduced by Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack. The legislation was praised by the two groups, but formalizing the tentative settlement would not end one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Bono Mack introduces water settlement legislation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/17045</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/17045#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack: &#8220;Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) today introduced legislation to resolve an ongoing lawsuit over water resources in Riverside County and ratify a comprehensive agreement between the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians and the United States and California water districts, including Rancho California Water District (RCWD) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman McClintock&#8217;s opening statement to the House Committee on Natural Resources regarding Indian water rights settlements</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/12657</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/12657#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, there was more than one hearing yesterday in Washington DC on water issues. Here is Congressman Tom McClintock&#8217;s opening statement to the House Committee on Natural Resources yesterday: &#8220;Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the three Water and Power Subcommittee bills before us today. These are all bills to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Interior stalls Tule River Tribe’s water development</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/12049</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/12049#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: &#8220;Members of the Tule River Tribe of California are growing increasingly frustrated with the Department of the Interior as it continues to stall the tribe’s ability to secure clean and reliable water resources. Leaders of the tribe recently appeared before the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tule River tribe pushes reservoir; Tribal leader goes to House to back a site near Porterville</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10416</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10416#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: Tule River Tribe Chairman Ryan Garfield urged senators Thursday to help resolve a long-running water dispute that still has some life in it. Garfield found a sympathetic Capitol Hill audience but some Obama administration resistance as he championed legislation providing $3 million to study a potential new reservoir near Porterville. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tule River Tribe prepares for testimony before U.S. Senate</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10103</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10103#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Porterville Recorder: Officials with the Tule River Indian Tribe are drafting testimony they hope to present to the U.S. Senate next month. It’s another step in a long effort to get a 5,000-acre-foot-a-year water source to the tribe. “We are excited,” said Alec Garfield, chairman of the Tule River Water Rights Negotiation Team. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA: $90 million in Recovery Act funds to bolster water services in Indian Country and create jobs</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10073</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/10073#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the EPA, this press release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Indian Health Service (IHS) today announced $90 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for improved access to vital drinking water and wastewater services in the American Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winnemem Wintu Tribe sues federal agencies, officials</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/8250</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/8250#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org: The Winnemem Wintu, a traditional California Tribe, filed a Complaint in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California today against six federal agencies and two current federal agency heads alleging their actions have resulted in the destruction or damage to the Tribe’s cultural sites in Shasta County, California. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Omnibus Public Land Act benefits several tribes</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/7952</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/7952#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Native American Times: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 was signed into law last week and includes several beneficial provisions for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes. The bill aids tribes by addressing several key water rights issues, placing land into trust and funding key infrastructure projects. Specifically, the bill carries an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California considers Indian reservations in developing water plan</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/7401</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/7401#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: California’s water agency is for the first time including tribal input in the development of its water policy plan, a vital set of guiding principles and course of actions for the thirsty state. The state’s Department of Water Resources is organizing at least six scoping meetings with tribes across the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pechanga, Rancho Water reach agreement on framework for water settlement; Agreement could bring access to water for Tribe, dry year supply of water for Rancho, and millions for regional water supply and quality project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5987</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Market Watch: The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and the Rancho California Water District today announced an agreement on a framework, developed with the assistance of the Metropolitan Water District and a team appointed by the United States Department of Interior, that will resolve Pechanga&#8217;s longstanding claims to water rights in the Santa Margarita [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado River eviction dispute in hands of tribal court</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5858</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Riverside&#8217;s Press-Enterprise: A long-running dispute between some Colorado River residents and their tribal landlord is intensifying as both sides await a tribal appellate court decision on an eviction dispute. The battle between Bob Johnson and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, a single tribe known as CRIT, centers on a mobile home resort he runs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outsiders target Indian land for risky business</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5607</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Center for Public Integrity: Deep in the foothills, miles above California’s Sacramento Valley, the 640-acre home of the Cortina Band of Wintun Indians lies empty except for six houses, a graveyard, and the spot where the band’s ceremonial roundhouse once stood. A sign at the gate warns off outsiders, but on a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kempthorne carries through on water rights promise</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5327</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5327#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: The Arizona Water Rights Settlement Acts of 2004 reached the Gila River Indian Community and Tohono O’odham Nation in 2007, with Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s December signoff. The tribes received access to assured water allocations, along with the financial wherewithal to develop their land and water resources and expand their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Above all: San Diego&#8217;s Kumeyaay water rights threatened</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4540</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today, an article written by Steven Newcomb of the Indigenous Law Institute, which discusses the history of the Kumeyaay Nation: Recently, the San Diego Union Tribune published a story about water and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. (&#8221;Seeking stable source of water, Sycuan looks to Otay District&#8221; [July 3, 2008]) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soboba Band&#8217;s water rights conflict resolved under settlement act</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4488</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian County Today: With President George W. Bush&#8217;s signing of an act that brings a water rights conflict of more than 150 years to a close for a southern California Indian tribe, Secretary of the Interior Department Dirk Kempthorne and a congresswoman joined the tribe Aug. 15 for a ceremony celebrating its passage. Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President is the last dam in Soboba water rights issue</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4177</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4177#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today: The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians now awaits President George W. Bush&#8217;s signature on a bill that will enable the tribe to sustain enough water for its reservation and end nearly 75 years of litigation. With the U.S. Senate&#8217;s unanimous July 23 vote approving the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bono Mack&#8217;s historic water settlement bill signed into law</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4134</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Chronicle: Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack´s (CA-45) bill to resolve an ongoing water dispute and bring a long-awaited solution to this issue for the Soboba Tribe, local residents and water districts was signed into law today by the President. The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Settlement Act of 2007, H.R. 4841, will put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New reports available on economic efficiency of water use &amp; allocation, tribal communication, and financing Delta improvements and environmental mitigation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4124</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Plan E-news: Economic efficiency of water development &#38; allocation: A paper recently submitted to the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force examines the economic efficiency of water use and allocation in California. It was written by economist Roger Mann. The paper identifies key issues related to the economic efficiency of water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo&#8217;s give their side of the story in response to recent High Country News article</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4042</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/4042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The March issue of High Country News ran an extensive story (click here) about the Navajo Nation &#038; the current litigation ensuing for them to claim their water rights. Ron Milford, who was featured in the article, took issue with much of it and has written a lengthy response, which High Country News is running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Water Settlement &amp; San Joaquin River Settlement advance to full Senate</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3212</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3212#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Busy day for the Senate Energy &#038; Natural Resources committee in Washington today, apparently. From John Fleck at Inkstain: The bill, S.1171, would guarantee 600,000 acre feet per year of water rights to the Navajo Nation, and also fund a water pipeline that would run across the Navajo Nation from the San Juan River in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government&#8217;s commitment to Indian water rights settlements questioned</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3088</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3088#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The next big thing to affect Colorado River usage. In 1908, a Supreme Court decision guaranteed adequate water to tribal lands; however, when the Colorado River Compact was drawn up in 1922, Native Americans were simply left out of the deal. At a recent Western Governor&#8217;s Association meeting, Indian water rights were listed as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark Indian water rights settlement fully implemented</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/2633</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/2633#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the U. S. Department of the Interior: Following approval by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, the largest Indian water rights settlement in U.S. history is now fully in effect, concluding more than three decades of extraordinary effort by federal, state and tribal leaders to resolve critical water use issues facing tribal communities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More information on Indian water rights (edited)</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/2634</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indian water rights in the news lately (see above), and Aqua Blog Maven&#8217;s crystal ball says this is only the first of more to come. If you&#8217;re looking for more information, here&#8217;s a link to a recent High Country News Article: click here, and click here for analysis from the astute Water Wired blog. Also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Nation, left out of the Colorado River Compact, assert their water rights</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/2582</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From High Country News: Navajos often speak of the cosmic geography of the Four Sacred Mountains, which mark the boundaries of their ancestral homeland. But the lives of many people here are shaped by a more pragmatic geography, centered on a coin-op water dispenser in a muddy turnaround behind a city maintenance building in downtown [...]]]></description>
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