Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nuece River Project, and Colorado River Salinity Control Act: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session on S. 2259, S. 2236, S. 2319, August 4, 1994, Volume 4 |
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Page 19 - States, for tort or breach of contract, and for violations of the fair and honorable dealings...
Page 30 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my testimony. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Page 16 - ... lake behind it we hope they will see them less as wrong inflicted on them by a Government that forgot its promises and more as a continuing contribution to their future. As for the rest of us, I am reminded of the words of Justice Black in dissent in litigation about another dam flooding the land of another tribe's territory: "Great nations, like great men, should keep their word.
Page 20 - Tribes would have received a reasonable annual payment fixed by the Federal Power Commission (which is now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission). After extensive negotiations, the Tribes and the government arrived at an agreed $53 million lump sum for back payments since 1942 in settlement of the Tribes' timely claim for lost power revenues in the operation of the Grand Coulee Dam.
Page 18 - Interior should see fit to locate thereon, a certain scope of country " bounded on the east and south by the Columbia River, on the west by the Okanagon River, and on the north by the British possessions," thereafter known as the
Page 10 - Indians shall enjoy without let or hindrance the right at all times freely to use all water power and water courses belonging to or connected with the lands to be so allotted, and that the right to hunt and fish in common with all other persons on lands not allotted to said Indians shall not be taken away or in anywise abridged.
Page 15 - ... still receive annual payments even though the Federal Power Act did not require the Federal Government to obtain a license or make annual payments when it developed and operated a dam project directly. A few weeks later Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes endorsed correspondence indicating that the Colvilles should receive a share of the revenue from the sale of power produced by the dam. Over the next several years the Federal Government moved ahead with construction of the Grand Coulee Dam,...
Page 31 - Secretary", is authorized and directed to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, and to enable the United States to comply with its obligations under the agreement with Mexico of August 30, 1973 (Minute No.
Page 18 - ... under section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050; 25 USC 70(a)).
Page 10 - Chairman of the Business Council of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville...