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On the recordSeptember 8, 2009
The United States owes not only a federal trust obligation to these pueblos to protect the water rights of the Acequias and their members.
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Ben Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan emphasizes the federal obligation to protect water rights for the Pueblos.

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