‘Let’s get ’em all done’: Senate committee moves quickly on Indian Country legislation
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is moving quickly to advance Indian Country legislation amid a dramatically changed political environment. … (Sen. Lisa Murkowski) said that 10 are water rights settlements, meaning that the United States, in carrying out its trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their communities, would have to contribute potentially billions of dollars. … “Indian water rights settlements are expensive,” Murkowski continued, “and that’s largely because it costs a lot to build a new infrastructure to physically access and develop water rights so that there is actual wet water for tribal citizens.”
Other tribal water settlement news:
- KNAU (Flagstaff, Ariz.): Tribal leaders sound alarm as Trump’s federal cuts threaten Indigenous communities
- Native News Online: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs advances 25 bills to full Senate for consideration
- Law360: Tribal water rights bills advance to US Senate floor
