Indian reserved water rights : the Winters doctrine in its social and legal context, 1880s-1930s
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- ISBN: 0806132108
- ISBN: 9780806132105
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xv, 333 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2000.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. I. Winters v. United States: Litigation, Decisions, and Context. Ch. 1. Prelude to the Winters Litigation: Land Cession and Reservation Agreements, Non-Indian Settlement, and Irrigation. Ch. 2. Legal Context of the Litigation: The Prior Appropriation System and Possibilities in the Law of Water in Montana in 1905. Ch. 3. Commencement of the Winters Case: A Federal Court Decision for Fort Belknap and Its Place in the Water Issues of the Milk River Valley. Ch. 4. Winters in the Federal Court of Appeals: Reclamation Anxiety, Kansas v. Colorado, and Affirmation by the Court of Appeals. Ch. 5. Back in the Milk River Valley, 1905-1907: Reclamation, Reservation Busting, and Sugar Beet Production. Ch. 6. Winters and Allotment: The Blackfeet Reservation Allotment Legislation and Water Rights. Ch. 7. The Supreme Court's Decision in Winters: Anticlimax in the Milk River Valley, 1907-1908. Ch. 8. The People of Winters and the Natural Law of the West. |
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