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<br />0522 <br /> <br />U. INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS AND THE MISSOURI RIVER 8ASIN <br /> <br />A. Indian Lands in the Missouri River Basin <br /> <br />Several types or classifications of Indian lands can be identified. They may be <br />tribal lands or lands allotted to individual tribal members. The title to both tribal <br />and allotted lands is held in trust by the U.S. Government. Both tribal and allotted <br />lands may exist on or off Indian reservations, by virtue of reservation boundaries <br />having been altered over time. Indian lands also may have passed from Indian <br />ownership by virtue of being sold by allottees or their heirs. These lands may also <br />be on or off Indian reservations and are significant insofar as they may carry an <br />Indian reserved water right as previously noted. <br /> <br />According to a 1978 report of Indian lands pl.blished by the Bureau of Indian <br />Affairs' Office of Trust Responsibilities, there are about 12.3 million acres of Indian <br />lands in the Missouri River Basin. This represents about 3.7 percent of the basin's <br />519,635 square miles within the United States. <br /> <br />Indian lands in the Missouri River Basin occur on 23 Indian reservations, several <br /> <br /> <br />other types of holdings such as "reserves" and schools, and off Indian reservations. <br /> <br /> <br />Of the ten states sharing the Missouri River Basin, only three - Colorado, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />and Missouri - are not listed as containing Indian lands with the basin's boundary. <br /> <br /> <br />Table 1 lists Indian lands in the Missouri River Basin, and Figure 1 shows the location <br /> <br /> <br />of the 23 Indian reservations. <br /> <br />-23- <br />