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<br />INTEGRATING NATIVE AMERICAN <br />ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL INTERESTS <br />INTO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />Kurt E. Dongoske <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />Prepared for discussion purposes for the Colorado River Workshop. The paper is the work of the individual <br />author and does not represent the opinion of Grand Canyon Trust or the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to <br />poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, <br />even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and <br />fall in our democratic faith... <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Grand Canyon Trust, under contract to the Bureau <br />of Reclamation (Reclamation), is conducting a study to <br />assist Reclamation and the Department of the Interior <br />in acquiring information that may be of use in fulfill- <br />ing Interior agencies' duties relating to present and <br />future water resource needs in the Colorado River <br />Basin. On behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, <br /> <br />KURT E. DONGOSKE has seventeen years of profes~ <br />sional experience in archaeology and cultural resource <br />management, including five years as the Tribal <br />Archaeologist with the Cultural Preservation Office <br />of the Hopi Tribe. <br /> <br />Hopi <br />217 West Mahoney <br />Winslow, AZ 86047 <br /> <br />Felix S. Cohen (1953) <br /> <br />Reclamation plays a crucial role in the management of <br />the many resources of the Colorado River for diverse, <br />often competing, and sometimes directly conflicting <br />federal, state, private, public and Native American <br />needs. In its unique role as water master for the main- <br />stream Colorado River water, Reclamation is charged <br />with developing long-range management criteria for <br />the river system and its reservoirs. There is a critical <br />need to explore innovative, flexible) and adaptive <br />strategies in order to responsibly adjust to changing <br />long-term demands on these valuable resources. The <br />Grand Canyon Trust's objective for this project is to <br />identify critical management issues and provide a <br />basin-wide forum for the free and open discussion of <br />these management issues by stakeholders. The stake- <br />holders have been broadly defined, by the Grand <br />Canyon Trust, as federal and state agencies with <br /> <br />19 <br />