ABOUT THIS BOOK

Much has been written about legal questions surrounding Indian water rights; this book now places them in the political framework that also includes water development. McCool analyzes the two conflicting doctrines relating to water use—one based on federal case law governing the rights of Indians on reservations, the other sanctioned by legislation and applied to non-Indians—based on the "iron triangles" of bureaucrats, legislators, and interest groups that dominate policy issues. He examines the way federal and BIA water development programs have reacted to conflict, competition, and opportunity from the turn of the century to the 1980s and updates the situation in an introduction written for this edition.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Daniel McCool is Professor of Political Science and Director of the American West Center at the University of Utah.

REVIEWS

Will surely remain the best treatment of this important subject for some time to come." —Western Historical Quarterly
"Provides a clear and concise understanding of how water policy has been made in this century." —Water Resources Bulletin
"[A ] consistently high level of scholarship and careful application of contemporary public policy concepts to a significant public question." —Choice
"The juxtaposition of non-Indian and Indian water rights and projects is a special strength of the book, contrasting vividly the political power of the non-Indian water iron triangle with its necessary opposite, the powerlessness of the Indians." —Policy Studies Journal
"Will be particularly useful to readers looking into this complicated subject for the first time." —Public Historian "Exceptionally insightful, remarkably well written, and full of both excellent conceptualization and rich detail." —American Political Science Review

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Preface to the Paperbound Edition

On a Plateau All By Itself: An Introduction to the Paperbound Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Iron Triangles: Sources of Political Power

Iron Triangles, Water Policy, and Change

Conclusion

Introduction

The Federal-State Relationship

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Eastern Vote

Interest Group Support

Turn-of-the-Century Pork Barrel

Conclusion

Introduction

The Role of the Justice Department

The Court's Response

The Congressional Response

Conclusion

Introduction

Three Problems

Congress and Reclamation

The Bureau as Administrative Agency

Reclamation Interest Groups

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Congress and the Corps

The Corps as Administrative Agency

Corps Interest Groups

Distributive Policy

The Norm of Reciprocity

Autonomy

Implementability

Conclusion

Introduction

The BIA and the Winters Doctrine

The BIA and the Prior Appropriation Doctrine

A New Approach to Reserved Rights

Congress

Interest Groups

The BIA as Administrative Agency

The General Policy Environment

Postscript: Fort Belknap

Conclusion

Introduction

Indians, the BIA, and the Bureau of Reclamation

Indians, the BIA, and the Army Corps of Engineers

Indians, the Departments of Interior and Justice, and Conflict of Interest

Federal-State Conflict

Conclusion

Introduction

Changes in Project Criteria

Bureaucratic Reorganization

Budgetary Reform

Conflice over Appropriations and Authorization Bills

A Contemporary Water Policy Iron Triangle?

Conclusion

Introduction

Indian Water Rights and the Carter Administration

All-Inclusive Settlement Bills

Settlement Bills for Individual Tribes

Current Policies and Strategies

An Indian Iron Triangle?

Conclusion

Introduction

The Indian Iron Triangle

The Non-Indian Water Development Iron Triangle

The Changing Concept of Iron Triangles

Water Politics, Water Rights, and the Future

Epilogue: Fort Belknap

Appendix: Maps of the Continental United States Showing Federal Indian Reservations and Major Water Development Projects of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Notes

References

Index