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<br />__________________ _____ ------____._0- <br /> <br />" '. <br /> <br />0178 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />WATERS, CHANGE OF USE PROTECTIONS, FINALITY PROVISIONS, AND TRIBAL <br />BREACH OF TRUST CLAIMS REMAINED DEADLOCKED ISSUES. NEW ISSUES WERE <br /> <br />BROUGHT UP BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF <br /> <br />JUSTICE: THE PINE RIVER, JURISDICTION, ADMINISTRATION AND ,FINALITY. <br />WAYNE MARCHANT INFORMED THE NEGOTIATORS THAT HE WOULD BE A HERO WHETHER <br /> <br />HE KILLED OR KEPT THE DEAL. <br /> <br />AS WE ALL KNOW, THE DEAL WAS KEPT. ON NOVEMBER 20TH THE LAST <br />ISSUES WERE NEGOTIATED WITH JUSTICE AND ON DECEMBER lOTH THE FINAL <br /> <br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES. <br /> <br />ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, AGAIN <br /> <br />A WORD OF CAUTION IS IN ORDER. THOSE OBSTACLES WHICH HAVE CON- <br /> <br />TINUOUSLY THREATENED THE DEAL REMAIN-IN MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS. THE <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DOOR HAS ALREADY SHUT ON SOLUTIONS TO INDIAN RESERVED RIGHTS CLAIMS <br /> <br />,WHICH REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE FEDERAL PROJECT. THE QUESTION <br /> <br />WHICH REMAINS TO BE ANSWERED IS, DID THE COLORADO UTE INDIAN WATER, <br /> <br />RIGHTS SETTLEMENT GET THROUGH THAT DOOR BEFORE IT CLOSED? THE <br /> <br />SIGNING OF THE DECEMBER 10TH AGREEMENT SUGGESTS THAT IT DID, BUT <br /> <br />ALREADY EVIDENCE IS MOUNTING TO THE CONTRARY. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EIGHT INDIVIDUALS FROM COLORADO WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. <br /> <br />ON MARCH 2, 1987, FOR AN ANTICIPATED TWO DAYS OF FINALIZING DRAFT <br /> <br />FEDERAL LEGISLATION. THIS MEETING LASTED AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH <br /> <br />INTERIOR REFUSING TO DISCUSS ISSUES, OFFER COMMENTS, OR PROVIDE <br /> <br />THEIR FEDERAL DRAFT. <br /> <br />THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REVEALS NO FUNDING FOR THE TRIBAL <br /> <br />DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET THE l2-YEAR CON- <br />... STRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THE ANIMAS-LA PLATA PROJECT. <br />THE THIRTY YEAR STRAIGHT LINE AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT <br /> <br />CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAS GARNERED NATIONAL OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT. <br /> <br />-"7- <br />