United States: Tribes Have Sovereign Power Over Their Own Water Rights

Mealey's (February 24, 2022, 5:20 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Feb. 10 told the U.S. Supreme Court that it should deny review of a challenge involving Native American control over water rights, saying federal law and court precedents recognize that tribes have sovereign power to control their own lands and waters....