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<br />0(11549 <br /> <br />VI. Water Leasinq Bv COloradoRi ver Tribes Advances New Feder,al <br />~ Policies and Current Reqional Realities. <br /> <br />It <br /> <br />The commentators on the 1922 Compact had various perspectives <br />on the Indians' role on the River. For example, Utah's position <br />was that the Compact was designed so that the "rights of Indian <br />Tribes are protected," Hoover Dam Documen ts, supra, at p. A 11 8. <br />Wyoming read the Compact provision relating to Indian TribeS as <br />"advisable by reason of the fact that the United states has <br />heretofore entered into certain treaties with the different Indian <br />Tribes that must be respected, and can in no manner be affected by <br />any later agreement, II Hoover Dam Documents, supra, at p. A128. <br />Similarly, Herbert Hoover on behalf of the United states, commented <br />that the provision relating to the obligation of the United States <br />was inserted in the, Compact as "merely a declaration that ;"the <br />states, in entering into the agreement, disclaim any intention of <br /> <br />23 <br />