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<br />and planning for the future. Doing what is expedient to solve a pressing problem is
<br />easier than pausing to seek. a solution that meets both short-tenn and long-lenn needs.
<br />Water managers, however, must face tall orders. They are expected to solve
<br />immediate problems without causing or worsening future ones.
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<br />2.4. CONCLUSION
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<br />Water in a pool or vessel can serve as a mirror. Similarly, a tribe's water
<br />management system reflects the image the tribe has of itself and the environment.
<br />Important choices of values and goals are involved in water management decision-
<br />making. Water is one of the most important community and commodity resources in
<br />Indian Country. As such, it is a lively subject for conflicts, trends and challenges,
<br />only some of which have been summarized in this chapter. The water resource field
<br />is both complex and manageable. It is up to the water manager to use insight and
<br />sk.ill to identify and respond today to tomorrow's water conflicts, trends and
<br />challenges in Indian Country.
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<br />REFERENCE NOTES
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<br />1. National Research Council. Climate, Climatic Clumge, and Waler Supply (Washington, D.C.:
<br />National Academy Press, 1977).
<br />2. Narural Academy of Science. Carbon Dioxide Assessment Comminee, Changing Climate
<br />(Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1983).
<br />3. See Stan G. Daberk.ow and Hennan Blueslone, PQllern a/Change in Metro and Non-MeJro Labor
<br />Force, 1976.1982 (Washington. D.C.: Economic Research Service, U.S. Dep't of Agriculture,
<br />1984).
<br />4. FOI a general description, see U.S. Department of che Interior (and others). Irrigmion Water Use
<br />and Manaseme'" (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979).
<br />5. See Kenneth D. Frederick. '"The Future Role of Western Irrigation." The. SowhweSlern Review,
<br />vol. 1. no. 1 (Spring t98t), pp. 19.33.
<br />6. See Congress of lhe Uniled States, Office of Technology Assessment. Prolecling lhe Nalion's
<br />GroundWaler From Contamination. Vol. I (Washington. D.C.: Government Printing Office,
<br />1984); also, Comptroller General of the United States, Ground Waler: An Overview (JlD1e 21,
<br />1977) and United States Geological Survey, Nullonal Waler Summary 1983-Hydrologic Eve",s
<br />and Issues, Water Supply Paper 2250 (Washington, D.C.: Govenunent Printing Office. 1984), pp.
<br />36.45.
<br />7. Ibid.
<br />8. See Barbara T. Andrews and Marie Sansone, Who Runs the Rivers? (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford
<br />Environmental Law Society, 1983).
<br />9. See Iver Peterson, "Changes Are Confronting U.S. on Water Projects," The New York Times,
<br />March 17, 1985.
<br />10. Sporhasev, Nebraska, 458 U.S. 941. 102 S. CL 3456 (1982).
<br />11. See lames N. Corbridge, Jr. (ed), Special Waler Districts: Challenge for the Falore (Boulder,
<br />Colo.: Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, 1983).
<br />12. See. National Water Common, Water Policies for lhe Fulure (Washington, D.C.: Go\'emment
<br />Printing Office, 1973), pp.397-433.
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