Additional Resources

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

Includes the Technical Construction and Operations Branch, Water Management Branch, and Safety and Dams Program.

The Law of the river

Compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Overview of Indian Water Rights (1997)

By Susan M. Williams

Considerations for Climate Change and Variability Adaptation on the Navajo Nation (2014)

By Nania, et. al.

NEGOTIATING TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS (2005)

Fulfilling Promises in the Arid West by Colby, et. al.

Bureau of Reclamation (2023). Interior region 7 Upper Colorado Basin. Water Operations | Upper Colorado Basin https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/
Congressional Research Service (2021). Management of the CR: Water Allocations Drought and the Federal Role
Glaser, L. (1998). Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. United States Bureau of Reclamation.
Melancon, Susan M.; Michaud, Terry S.; Thomas, Robert William (1979). Assessment of Energy Resource Development Impact on Water Quality: The San Juan River Basin. Las Vegas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Millard, J., Gallaher, B., Baggett, D., & Cary, S. (1983, September). The Church Rock Uranium Mill tailings spill: A health and environmental assessment. EPA Records Collection. https://semspub.epa.gov/work/06/1000720.pdf
Nania, J. & Cozzetto, K., et al. (2014). Considerations for Climate Change and Variability Adaptation on the Navajo Nation. University of Colorado Boulder. https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/public/pdf/idc2-060732.pdf
Rott, N. (2022). Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years. NPR.
SGS. (2009). Water-data report 2009 09396100 Puerco River near Chambers, AZ. USGS Water Data Report. https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2009/pdfs/09396100.2009.pdf
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2011, August). Navajo Nations- Little Colorado (Upper Puerco). Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Tribal-Program/NN-Little-Colorado/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2006). San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program Service.
USGS. (2023). Watershed Boundary Dataset. Watershed Boundary Dataset https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset
USGS. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map.
Western Resource Advocates. (2012, May). Celebrating Arizona’s Rivers. Western Resource Advocates. https://westernresourceadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2015/07/Celebrating-Arizona-Rivers_Colorado-River.pdf
https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/future-peak-flow-along-rio-grande-may-arrive-early-due-climate-change

Other References

Bureau of Reclamation, L. C. R. W. T. (n.d.). Law of The River. Law of the River | Lower Colorado Region | Bureau of Reclamation. https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/lawofrvr.html
Colby, et. al., (2005). Negotiating Tribal Water Rights-Fulfilling Promises in the Arid West. The University of Arizona Press
Daniel McCool, Volume 107, Issue 1 (1997) Native Indian Water Rights. Indian Water Settlements: Negotiating Tribal Claims to Water
Jay F. Stein, Volume 107, Issue 1 (1997) Native Indian Water Rights. The McCarren Amendment and the Administration of Tribal Reserved Water Rights
U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Decennial Census, DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171), Table P1. https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?g=2500000US2430.
Williams, Susan (1997). Volume 107, Issue 1 (1997) Native Indian Water Rights: Overview of Indian Water Rights
BOR Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project
Ten Tribes Partnership
Colorado River Water Users Association
Colorado Plateau Water Advisory Council and Watershed