INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS:MICHAEL BOGERT

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: April 16, 2008 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
04-16-2008
Statement of Michael Bogert Chairman, The Working Group on Indian Water
Settlements United States Department of The Interior Committee on House
Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power April 16, 2008 Chairwoman
Napolitano and members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for
the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss this Administration`s
policy on Indian water rights settlements. Tribes increasingly seek quantification
of their water rights as a way to confirm and protect their interests in
vital and culturally significant water ...

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