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Colorado River Water Indian Tribal User Profiles
Christopher Yazzie, September 17, 2015
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Arizona Tribes with Colorado River ContractsOn Colorado River1. Cocopah Indian Reservation2. Colorado River Indian Reservations3. Fort Mojave Indian Tribe4. Fort Yuma-Quechan Indian Reservation5. Hopi Tribe *uses land in Cibola
CAP customers6. Ak-Chin Indian Community7. Fort McDowell Indian Community8. Gila River Indian Community9. Pascua Yaqui Tribe10.Tohono O’odham Tribe11.Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community 12.San Carlos-Apache Tribe 13.Yavapai-Prescott Tribe 14.White Mountain Apache Tribe #15.Yavapai-Apache Tribe **#Relatively recent exchange agreements**Does not use water entitlement
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Indian Tribal Water Rights
• 1908- U.S. Supreme Court case Winters v. Unites States
• Role of the United States as trustee to Indian Tribes
• Water Settlements minimize time and cost to all parties
involved
• Water Entitlements depend on tribal uses such as
agricultural, recreation, religious activities, wildlife,
forestry, energy, mining, industry, and domestic needs
purposes.
• Settlement often include option to Lease or Exchange
besides on-reservation use.
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Cocopah Indian Tribe
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1917• Land base covers 6,500 acres• On Tribe Population: 817
• Water Entitlement• 10,847 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Colorado River Indian Tribes
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1865• Land base covers 276,620 acres• On Tribe Population: 7,077
• Water Entitlement• 662,402 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1870• Land base
• 23,669 acres in Arizona, 42,000 total.• On Tribe Population: 1,004
• Water Entitlement• 103,535 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Fort Yuma-Quechan Indian Reservation• Biographical
• Federally Established in 1884• Land base covers 43,570 acres• On Tribe Population: 2,197
• Water Entitlement• 6,350 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Hopi Tribe of Arizona
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1882• Land base covers 1,543,306 acres *north-eastern
AZ• On Tribe Population: 6,946
• Water Entitlement• 6,028 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Ak-Chin Indian Community
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1912• Land base covers 21,000 acres• On Tribe Population: 1,001
• Water Entitlement• 75,000 acre-feet per year + losses + 10,000
additional• Water Use Leases
• Pascua Yaqui Tribe
• Del Webb
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Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1890• Land base covers 24,000 acres• On Tribe Population: 971
• Water Entitlement• 18,233 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
Lease Agreements• City of Phoenix• City of Gilbert
Exchange Agreement• Salt River Project
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Gila River Indian Community
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1859• Land base covers 372,000 acres• On Tribe Population: 11,712
• Water Entitlement• 311,800 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Gila River Indian Community Water Delivery by CAP
ExchangesLeasesGRIC Use
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ater
Lease Agreements• Freeport-Mc Moran• City of Phoenix• City of Peoria• City of Scottsdale
Exchange Agreements• Salt River Project• City of Mesa• City of Chandler
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Pascua Yaqui Tribe
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1964• Land base covers 1,194 acres• On Tribe Population: 3,484
• Water Entitlement• 500 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Tohono O’odham Nation
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1874 as San Xavier Mission• Land base covers 2,800,000 acres• On Tribe Population: 10,201
• Water Entitlement• 72,000 acre-feet per year
• Water Use
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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community• Biographical
• Federally Established in 1859• Land base covers 52,600 acres• On Tribe Population: 6,289
• Water Entitlement• 13,300 acre-feet per year
• Water UseLease Agreements• City of Chandler• Town of Gilbert• City of Glendale• City of Mesa• City of Phoenix• City of Scottsdale• City of Tempe
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San Carlos Apache Tribe
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1871• Land base covers 1,834,781 acres• On Tribe Population: 10,068
• Water Entitlement• 61,645 acre-feet per year
• Water UseLease Agreements• City of Scottsdale• Pascua Yaqui Tribe• City of Gilbert
Exchange Agreement• Freeport-McMoran
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Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
• Biographical• Federally Established in 1935• Land base covers 1,413 acres• On Tribe Population: 192
• Water Entitlement• 500 acre-feet per year
• Water Use- Assigned to the City of ScottsdaleAll water entitlement assigned to theCity of Scottsdale
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Central Arizona Project Diversion
• 2014 Tribal deliveries was 31% of CAP diversion from Colorado River
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Future Work
• Investigate Surface Rights, Groundwater Rights• Water Rights Economic Impact on Tribes• 67,300 acre-feet per year of CAP water is reserved for
future AZ tribal water settlements• 12+ tribes that need to settle
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Thank You