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<br />4254 <br /> <br />-10- <br /> <br />Jurisdictional disputes continue after the Akin decision <br /> <br />in states with Enabling Act disclaimers and in proceedings <br /> <br /> <br />where Indian tribes, and not the United States, are asserting <br /> <br />the Indian water rights. <br /> <br />Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. United States, 601 F.2d <br /> <br />1116 (10th Cir. 1979) cert. pending; <br /> <br />United States, et al. v. Tongue River Water Users <br /> <br />Ass'n, et al., (Civil No. 75-20 BIg. D. Mont. 1975). <br /> <br />E. THE QUANTIFICATION OF INDIAN WATER RIGHTS - A SURVEY AS <br />OF NOVEMBER 1979. <br /> <br />Arizona - Secretary of the Interior, Cecil Andrus, has <br /> <br />delayed certain critical decisions relating to the development <br /> <br />of the Central Arizona Project until Arizona adopts a ground- <br /> <br />water code and Arizona and the Indian tribes commence efforts <br /> <br />to settle the pervasive Indian reserved rights claims. <br /> <br />United States v. City of Tuscon, (Civil No. 75-39 <br />D. Ariz. 1975); <br /> <br />Allocation of groundwater in the Upper Santa Cruz <br /> <br />Basin between the Papago Indian Tribe and state <br /> <br />water claimants - congressional settlement <br /> <br />legislation to be introduced soon. <br /> <br />Ak-Chin Congressional Settlement, 92 Stat. 409, <br /> <br />Act of July 28, 1978. Forty million dollar <br /> <br />settlement - groundwater to be pumped from federal <br /> <br />lands to Indian reservation for irrigation. <br />