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<br /> <br />000729 <br /> <br />MDORAIDD <br /> <br />on <br /> <br />\f.A.t1R USIS FOR INDIAUIN THE (X)U>RADQ lIVER BABIN <br /> <br />I1'ltr"c::tion <br />T <br /> <br />1ft COM.otton with the coaprehe.sive study of the <br />Celora<<oliver bllusin being JIliilde by the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />the Office .f Indian Affairs has aw.itted a. pr09'ram for <br />lJr_tly _~" water use. by and tor Indiana livinCj on <br />rel$ent.tion8 wi thin the basin. The purpose of this Ilaorandwa <br />is to _Ilaider the extent to which Colorado ii Yer water must <br />be .....vailable for auoh u... in ca.rryiNJ out the obliga- <br />tiou of the United Stat.. to the Indian tribes and the 1.110- <br />_tio. to be aa4..f such _tel" uncleI' the Colerado River <br />C..pa-ct. ~he.. two problems will De conaid.ered. "e:nerally <br />'WithcJ\l:t r.,arti to any particula.r factual situt10n or any <br />partiAlA.r treaty or aqr..ent which the United sta.t.. m.ay <br />have With ..y tribe or 9roup of tribes. <br />C.pter YIII, pp", 211-2&8, of the report of the Burea.u <br />of ItHlaation on the Colora.do River stat.. that within the <br />Celora.. lU.ver basin, as define. in the text of the report, <br />there are 29 Indian Reservations, one non-reserva.tion Indian <br />school aa4 two sanatoria with a total acr..ge of 26,823,062, <br />otwhi~h 1,211,111 aores are in trust allotments, 24,557,040 <br /> <br />