| 'Winters Doctrine' on water rights still haunts the American West |
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| Written by JERRY REYNOLDS, Indian Country Today | |
| Wednesday, 30 April 2008 | |
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When a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1908 gave rise to the ''Winters Doctrine'' of reserved tribal water rights, only the U.S. government stood between tribes and a settler-state thirst for water that threatened many reservations with drought. Read More...
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