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<br />00035:3 <br /> <br />41 <br /> <br />" . . We find the Council's discussion of the social effects <br />of water projects totally inadequate. The section on income dis- <br />t1"ibution does not deal broadly enough with the manner in which <br />federally financed water projects misallocated wealth. <br /> <br />liThe effect of spending money in one area or spending in <br />another is not dealt with correctly. The problem of social <br />p1"iorities, which we mentioned earlier should be evaluated in far <br />more depth. " <br /> <br />Indian Rights <br /> <br />Social priorities were also a concern of those advocating <br />Indian rights. Mitchell J. Fowler, a Navajo Indian and social <br />economist, emphasized the need for Indian participation in the <br />formulation of the Principles and Standards. "... I commend <br />you for departing from the previous as ses sment of federal water <br />projects of the past and creating the various 'accounts' of consid- <br />eration, 'social factors' being one. However, you are well aware <br />of the fact that Indian people and tribes have had no considerable <br />input into your evaluation. JI <br /> <br />* * * * * <br /> <br />"This input should be developed in the form of possibly an <br />Indian preference statement among the pl"inciples and standards <br />for water and 1"elated resource development. Its approval should <br />be made by recognized national Indian organizations such as <br />National Indian Youth Council and National Congress of American <br />Indians. Of course, if your Council refuses to take the appropri- <br />ate action necessary to insure protection of our resources, then <br />we will be forced to seek an injunction or declaratory judgment in <br />the district court. . ." <br /> <br />A spokesman for the Native American Rights Fund stated the <br />same point this way, ". . . the Government has a solemn obliga- <br />tion to provide this water for the Indians. It's inherent in the set- <br />ting up of Reservations that a promise has not been kept and there <br />is apparently, according to the guidelines that the Council has <br />p1"omulgated . . . there is no intention to have it kept in the future <br />because there is not a single mention of Indians anywhere in those <br />guideline s. II <br /> <br />***~:c* <br /> <br />470-451 Q-n_ 4 <br />