WSPC01188

• File Number: 8064
• Description: Indian Water Rights
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/1987
• Author: American Indian Reso
• Title: Tribal Water Management Handbook
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TRIBAL WATER MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK

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0;1 and gas, uranium, fisheries, timber, water rights and potential for Indian natural
resources development, as well as taxation and financing. In 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
and 1987, AIL TP conducted conferences on Indian water law and policy and
emerging trends and issues, such as water quality. The 1982 conference generated a
book on water resource issues entitled Indian Water Policy in a Changing
Environment.

To addrcss the concerns voiced by Indian leaders and participants at AILTP's
conferences and training sessions, AILTP, in January 1985, established the American
Indian Resources Institute (AIRI). a project whose principal goal is to assist tribes
shape and refine the contours of their resource management systems by;

. sponsoring forums on topical resource policy and management issues
which impact the use, development and control of tribal natural
resources;

. providing training for tribal decision-makers and resource managers in
the areas of natural resource law, policy, economics, management, water
science, conflict resolution and other resource-related disciplines;

. generating. collecting and disseminating infonnation, in the fonn of
publications and other reference materials, on tribal resource policy and
management;

. providing technical assistance to tribal resource management programs;
and

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establishing a networK with other organizations and educational
institutions active in the fields of resource management, research and
conflict resolution.

AIR/'s initial effom have focused on its multi-dimensional Water Resources
Program of which training in tribal water management has been a part since 1985.
Since the establishment of AIRI, its Water Resources Program has provided technical
assistance, training and publications to enhance the management and control of tribal
water resources.

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RICHARD TRUDELL
Executive Director
AIL TP/American Indian Resources Institute

July 1987

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