The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Western States Water Council (WSWC) cosponsored their 17th biennial Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims on August 24-25, held virtually for the first time due to COVID-19 concerns.
MEETING MATERIALS – for download
To view a recording of the meetings please click here.
PowerPoint Presentations are available below.
August 24, 2021
Negotiation Of Indian Water Rights Claims
Navajo Nation:
Stanley Pollock, Contract Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Norm Johnson, Natural Resources Division Director, Utah Attorney General’s Office
Justin Record, Water Rights Coordinator, Bureau of Reclamation
Aamodt:
Alice Walker, Pueblo of Nambe; Richard Hughes, Pueblo of Tesuque; and Peter Chestnut, Pueblo of San Ildefonso
Kickapoo:
David Barfield, Kansas Water Resources Consulting, LLC
August 25, 2021
The Administration’s Settlement Policy
Pam Williams, Director, Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office, Department of the Interior
Settlement Legislation: Getting Bills Through Congress
Matthew Muirragui, Staff Director, Sub. on Water, Oceans and Wildlife, House Natural Resources Committee
Colorado River Water and Tribes Initiative
Bidtah Becker, Associate Attorney, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority; and Heather Tanana, Assistant Research Professor of Law, University of Utah
