Enacted Indian Water Rights Settlements
Enacted Indian Water Rights Settlements – as of December 2021
- Ak-Chin Indian Community Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-328, 92 Stat. 409, amended by Pub. L. No. 98-530, 98 Stat. 2698 (1984), amended by Pub. L. No. 102-497, § 10, 106 Stat. 3255, 3258 (1992), amended by Pub. L. No. 106-285, 114 Stat. 878 (2000).
- Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, Pub. L. No. 97-293, tit. III, 96 Stat. 1261, 1274, amended by Pub. L. No. 102-497, § 8, 106 Stat. 3255, 3256 (1992), amended by Pub L. No. 108-451, tit. III, 118 Stat. 3478, 3535 (2004) (Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona (formerly known as the Papago Tribe of Arizona)).
- Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-228, § 7, 101 Stat. 1556, 1560 incorporating Seminole Water Rights Compact, reprinted in Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act: Hearings on S. 1684 Before the Senate Select Comm. on Indian Affairs, 100th Cong. 83-122 (1987).
- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-512, 102 Stat. 2549, amended by Pub. L. No. 102-238, § 7, 105 Stat. 1908, 1910 (1991).
- Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-585, 102 Stat. 2973, amended by Pub. L. No. 104-46, tit. V, § 507, 109 Stat. 402, 419 (1995), amended by Pub. L. No. 106-554, tit. III, 114 Stat. 2763 (2000) (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe).
- San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. 100-675, tit. I, 102 Stat. 4000 (1988), amended by Pub. L. No. 102-154, § 117, 105 Stat. 990, 1012-13 (1991), amended by Pub. L. No. 105-256, § 11, 112 Stat. 1896, 1899 (1998), amended by Pub. L. No. 106-377, tit. II, § 211, 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A-71 (2000), amended by Pub. L. No. 114-322, tit. III, part II, subtit. F, § 3605, 130 Stat. 1628, 1793 (La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians).
- Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-602, 104 Stat. 3059 (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation).
- Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-618, tit. I, 104 Stat. 3289 amended by Pub. L. No. 109-221, tit. I, §104, 120 Stat. 336, 337-39 (2006).
- Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-618, tit. II, 104 Stat. 3289, 3294-324 (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe).
- Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-628, tit. IV, 104 Stat. 4469, 4480-92 amended by Pub. L. No. 109-373, 120 Stat. 2650 (2006) (Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona).
- Ute Indian Rights Settlement Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-575, tit. V, 106 Stat. 4600, 4651-55 (Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah).
- San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 102-575, tit. XXXVII, 106 Stat. 4600, 4740-52 (1992), amended by Pub. L. No. 103-435, § 13, 108 Stat. 4566, 4572 (1994), amended by Pub. L. No. 104-91, tit. II, § 202, 110 Stat. 7, 14-15 (1996), amended by Pub. L. No. 104-261, § 3, 110 Stat. 3176 (1996), amended by Pub. L. No. 105-18, § 5003, 111 Stat. 158, 181-87 (1997), amended by Pub. L. No. 108-451, tit. IV, 118 Stat. 3478, 3573-74 (2004).
- Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-374, 106 Stat. 1186, amended by Pub. L. No. 103-263, § 1, 108 Stat. 707 (1993).
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-441, 106 Stat. 2237, amended by Pub. L. No. 104-261, § 2, 110 Stat. 3176 (1996), amended by Pub. L. No. 105-256, § 10, 112 Stat. 1896, 1898-99 (1998).
- Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-434, tit. I, 108 Stat. 4526, amended by Pub. L. No. 104-91, tit. II, § 201, 110 Stat. 7, 14 (1996).
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-163, 113 Stat. 1778.
- Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 106-263, 114 Stat. 737 (2000).
- Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-34, 117 Stat. 782.
- Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-447, div. J, tit. X, 118 Stat. 2809, 3431 (Nez Perce Tribe).
- Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-451, tit. II, 118 Stat. 3478, 3499-535 (Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004).
- Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 110-297, 122 Stat. 2975 (2008).
- Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project and Navajo Nation Water Rights), Pub. L. No. 111-11, tit. X, subtit. B, pts. III-IV, 123 Stat. 991, 1379-1405.
- Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement, Pub. L. No. 111-11, tit. X, subtit. C, 123 Stat. 991, 1405-14.
- White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-291, tit. III, 124 Stat. 3064, 3073-97, amended by Pub. L. No. 115-227, 132 Stat. 1626 (2018), amended by Pub. L. No. 116-94, div. C, tit. II, § 206, 133 Stat. 2534, 2669 (2020).
- Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-291, tit. IV, 124 Stat. 3064, 3097-122.
- Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 111-291, tit. V, 124 Stat. 3064, 3122-34 (2010).
- Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 111-291, tit. VI, 124 Stat. 3064, 3134-56 (2010), amended by Pub. L. No. 116-260, div. FF, tit. XI, § 1103, 134 Stat. 1182, 3235-27 (2020), 2021 (San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe, and Pojoaque Pueblos).
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 113-169, 128 Stat. 1887 (2014).
- Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-223, 128 Stat. 2096 (Hualapai Tribe).
- Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 114-322, tit. III, subtit. D, 130 Stat. 1627, 1755-70 (2016).
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation Water Settlement, Pub. L. No. 114-322, tit. III, subtit. F, § 3068, 130 Stat. 1627, 1796-814 (2016).
- Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 114-322, tit. III, subtit. G, 130 Stat. 1627, 1814-46 (2016), amended by Pub. L. No. 115-270, tit. IV, subtit. C, § 4311, 132 Stat. 3765, 3891-92 (2018).
- Montana Water Rights Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 116-260, div. DD, 134 Stat. 1181, 3008-38 (2020) (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation).
- Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 116-260, div. FF, tit. XI, § 1102, 134 Stat. 1181, 3224-34 (2020).
Administratively Approved Indian Water Rights Settlements
- Fort Peck-Montana Compact, Mont. Code Ann. 85-20-201 (1985).
- Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Water Rights Settlement Agreement (1997).
- In the Matter of the Determination of the Relative Rights in and to the Waters of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin in Clark County, Nevada (1999) (Las Vegas Paiute Tribe; groundwater).
- United States and Lummi Indian Nation v. Washington Department of Ecology, No. CV-01-00047-TSZ (W.D. Wash. 2007), aff’d sub nom. United States et al. v. Dawson et al., No. 07-36057 (9th Cir., July 2, 2009) (order denying reh’g en banc issued Sept. 11, 2009) (Lummi Peninsula; groundwater).