Reid Peyton Chambers, Protection and Implementation of Indian Reserved Water Rights as a Necessary Condition for Tribal Economic Development, 2022 Wis. L. Rev. 383 (2022).
Abstract
This Essay discusses the legal principles of Indian reserved water rights as determined by the courts and the history of how those rights have been enforced and implemented by tribes and the United States— Congress and the federal executive—which holds title to these rights intrust for the tribes. The Restatement Chapter on Indian Water Rights sets out these basic legal principles, which seem now well-established with commendable clarity.
