American Indian water rights and the limits of law
By: Lloyd Burton.
Contributors: University Press of Kansas.
Series: Development of western resources
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Water -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Water rights -- United States.
Description: Burton dissects the irreconcilable conflict of interest within the Interior Department (between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs). He also examines the methods of managing disputes in contemporary cases and offers original policy recommendations that include establishing an Indian Water Rights Commission to help with the paradoxical task now facing the federal government--restoring to tribes the water resources it earlier helped give away.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-165) and index.