Interior Secretary Haaland Signs Water Compact For Native American Water Rights

(September 21, 2021, 1:09 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Sept. 17 signed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai-Montana Compact, formally executing the Montana Water Rights Protection Act and improving the tribes’ access to water within the Flathead Reservation, according to an Interior Department press release....