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<br />~ <br />C) <br />N <br />OJ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />resources for, a high material standard of living. For example, the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana contains 1.5 trillion tons of <br /> <br />coal within 6,000 feet of the surface, Several coal companies have <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />negotiated exploration leases with options to mine. The tribe has, and <br /> <br />is now experiencing great conflict. One group is not willing to trade the <br /> <br />traditional Indian life style for the wealth as socia ted with coal develop- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ment. This group has been successful in breaking several of the large <br /> <br />leases. On the other side many Cheyenne feel that better schools, more <br /> <br />jobs, bett'ilr health care and direct royalty paynlents justify the influx of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />non-Indians and the threat to Indian control of their reservation. The <br /> <br />larger tribes with large land holdings such as the Navaho Nation have <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />prepared a reservation development plan that frequently refers to water <br /> <br />utilization. Such development plans are important in assessing the Indian <br /> <br />reaction to implementation of P. L, 92 -500. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Impacts of Water Quality and <br />Allocation on the Maior Social <br />Institutions in the Ba sin <br /> <br />The industrial revolution in the West has led to dramatic increases <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />in man's ability to control and inflUence his natural environment, However, <br /> <br />at the same time, it has led to an ever-increasing dependence of man in <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />industrialized societies on energy resources that can be obtained in a <br /> <br />readily usable form. The energy crisis in this country and elsewhere <br /> <br />has increased our awareness of this fact. The existence of vast quantities <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />. <br />