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<br />on3282 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />NEGOTIATING INDIAN WATER CLAIMS <br /> <br />IN THE AREA OF INDIAN WATER CLAIMS, WE ALSO ARE SEEING SOME NOTE- <br /> <br /> <br />WORTHY CHANGES. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT OF INDIAN LANDS IN THIS <br /> <br /> <br />REGION AND THE RELATIVE ARIDITY OF THE CLIMATE, YOU FOLKS ARE <br /> <br /> <br />KEENLY AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF INDIAN WATER CLAIMS ON <br /> <br /> <br />STATE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. IT IS ALSO THIS REGION THAT <br /> <br /> <br />CAN COUNT SOME EARLY SUCCESSES IN NEGOTIATING INDIAN WATER CLAIMS. <br /> <br />THE PAPAGO NEGOTIATION DOWN IN ARIZONA IS A GOOD RECENT EXAMPLE <br /> <br /> <br />OF SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION OF INDIAN WATER RIGHTS. P RESI DENT <br /> <br /> <br />REAGAN VETOED THE ORIGINAL NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, ENACTED BY THE <br /> <br /> <br />CONGRESS, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT EVEN A PARTY TO <br /> <br /> <br />NEGOTIATIONS, WAS SADDLED WITH THE ENTIRE COST FOR IMPLEMENTATION. <br /> <br /> <br />INTERIOR THEN BECAME A PARTY TO NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE NEW <br /> <br /> <br />SETTLEMENT DISTRIBUTES THE COST AMONG THE VARIOUS PARTIES villa <br /> <br /> <br />RF,NEFITTED FROM IT. <br /> <br />HISTORICALLY, THE TYPICAL APPROACH TO RESOLVING INDIAN CLAIMS HAS <br /> <br /> <br />BEEN THROUGH THE FEDERAL COURTS. HOWEVER, WE NOW SEE CHANGES ON <br /> <br /> <br />THE HORIZON THAT MAY RESULT IN A SHIFT TOWARD NEGOTIATION AS THE <br /> <br /> <br />STANDARD METHOD. THIS COULD RESULT IN A RESOLUTION OF THE <br /> <br /> <br />UNDERLYING CLAIMS MORE QUICKLY AND AT A LOWER OVERALL COST <br /> <br /> <br />THAN THE TRADITIONAL LITIGATION ALTERNATIVE. <br /> <br />C-18 <br />