Dividing the Waters: Arizona v. Navajo Nation in the Supreme Court
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Days & Times
10 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
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On June 23, 2023, SCOTUS held, in a 5-4 opinion, that although the 1868 treaty between the United States and the Navajo Nation reserved for the Tribe sufficient water to accomplish the purposes of the Navajo Reservation, it did not impose a trust obligation on the United States to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe. U of W Professor Monte Mills will address the rational and implications of the Supreme Court’s decision with respect to both water law and, more broadly, federal Indian law, with questions from Dividing the Waters Founder John Thorson.
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During this course, you will learn to:
- The history of the United States’ forceable removal of the Navajos from their original homeland to the Bosque Redondo and the Navajo’s subsequent return to a portion of their homeland.
- Why the Navajo Nation’s legal right to use water from the Colorado River, which the Supreme Court expressly acknowledged, has yet to be adjudicated
- Whether the federal Indian trust doctrine is an enforceable legal obligation of the United States or more akin to a moral obligation imposed on the United State by federal Indian law in ill-defined circumstances.
- Whether and how the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the Tribe’s trust claims, can be reconciled with two other 2023 federal Indian law decisions of the Supreme Court: Haaland v Brackeen, 599 U.S. and Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v Coughlin., 599 U.S. __.
On June 23, 2023, SCOTUS held, in a 5-4 opinion, that although the 1868 treaty between the United States and the Navajo Nation reserved for the Tribe sufficient water to accomplish the purposes of the Navajo Reservation, it did not impose a trust obligation on the United States to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe. U of W Professor Monte Mills will address the rational and implications of the Supreme Court’s decision with respect to both water law and, more broadly, federal Indian law, with questions from Dividing the Waters Founder John Thorson.