06/07/2021
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"Negotiated settlements, rather than protracted litigation, has become the preferred approach to resolving Indian water rights disputes."
"there is also, I would imagine, a matter of equity, a matter of fairness that requires a settlement process"
"It has been said, and it is certainly important to repeat, that Indian water rights are vested property rights."
"Alaska is No. 1 and we don't want to be No. 1. We are in a very, very, very challenged place right now."