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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />0018 <br /> <br />-25- <br /> <br />NOTES - ALASKA <br /> <br />Although no estimates of Indian water right claims or <br />irrigable acreage could be found, a letter from L. A. Dutton, <br />Chief of the Water Management and Procedures Section of the <br />Alaska Department of Water Resources to Western States Water <br />Council reads in part: <br />In Alaska, water use for agricultural irrigation <br />is an important but minor use of water. Indian water <br />uses in Alaska center around subsistence use and <br />potential conflicts include water use for development <br />projects, particularly resource development, such as <br />for oil and gas and locatable minerals. <br /> <br />In general, conflicts between Indian or Native <br />claims to water and the State of Alaska stem from <br />conflicts of interpretation of the Alaska Native <br />Claims Settlement Act. In general, Native groups <br />feel that they are entitled to manage water on <br />Native Corporation Lands while the State of Alaska <br />holds that the Alaska Constitution and the Alaska <br />Water Use Act, AS 46.15, vests issuance of water <br />rights on all lands in the state; including local, <br />state, federal, and private lands; .,. <br />