在美国印第安保留地建立合法用水权是过去几十年部落努力的一个主要重点。这一重点目前正在扩大，包括部落对印度国家水资源监管和管理的控制主张。本文讨论了正在进行的部落管理工作，以及这些工作如何与西部的国家水资源管理局互动。解决了部落用水监管的障碍，如对非印第安人用水的控制，以及1975年美国内政部长暂停批准部落用水法规。 本文描述了俄勒冈州东北部的乌马蒂拉印第安人保留地、亚利桑那州东北角的纳瓦霍族、犹他州和新墨西哥州的毗连部分以及华盛顿州东部的科尔维尔印第安人保留地的部落水资源管理策略。强调了部落政府与州和联邦政府之间进行对话和沟通的必要性。包括12篇参考文献。

Establishing a legal right to the use of water on Indian reservations in the United States has been a major focus of tribal efforts in past decades. This focus is currently expanding to include tribal assertions of control over the regulation and management of water resources in Indian Country. This article discusses ongoing tribal management efforts and how such efforts interface with state water administration in the West. Impediments to tribal water regulation such as control over non-Indian water use and the 1975 moratorium imposed by the US Secretary of the Interior on the approval of tribal water codes are addressed. Tribal water management strategies at the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon, the Navajo Nation in the northeastern corner of Arizona and contiguous portions of Utah and New Mexico, and the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington are described. The need for dialogue and communication between tribal governments and state and federal governments is emphasized. Includes 12 references.