CRIT: Colorado River Indian Tribe
- March 4, 1999, memorandum in Support of Joint Motion to Recommend approval of Stipulation and Agreement
- A Feb. 23, 1999 Stipulation and Agreement in the Arizona v. California case (Arizona III) The Settlement Agreement at page three provides: “C. Disputed Boundary the parties agree not to seek adjudication in this phase of the litigation of the validity, correctness, or propriety of the January 17, 1969 Order of the Secretary of the Interior. Western Boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation from the tip of Riverside Mtn. Through section 12 T.5 S., R23 E SBM CA. No 90-1-5-668, 41-54 (1969 Secretarial Order – (this should be solicitor opinion)) The united States, but not the other parties to this Stipulation and Agreement, agree that the lands described in the 1969 Secretarial Order, are included within the Reservation set aside by the Executive Order of May 15, 1876 and are held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribes. The State of California disagrees, and expressly reserves the right the challenge the validity, correctness, and propriety of the 1969 secretarial Order.”
- Jan. 1999: US. Supreme Court Memo in support of Jt. Motion
- This motion recommends approval of the Stipulated Settlement Agreement, signed by Attorneys for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Feb. 23, 1999: Stipulation and Agreement
- Includes signatures of all affected parties.
- 1-1997 West Bank HM v CRIT.pdf
- Feb. 8, 1997: CRIT Agenda on Settlement Agreement
- 1997: Public Lands Order
- A clean up order for withdrawal of lands needed by the Bureau of Reclamation
- April 3, 1996: U.S. DOI to Congressman Bono
- October 30, 1995: Attorney Lindskog to Congressman Bono
- LtFromCongress1996.pdf
- Sept. 20, 1993: Memo Order 14, by Special Master Frank J. McGarr
- Concludes: The Executive Order of 1876 which is controlling in this dispute, established the western boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation as a riparian boundary and not as a fixed line.
- 1986: First American Title Company
- Lease on Colorado River Indian Reservation - Rio Loco Ranch RIV - 1707487-RJ
- NEW: March 31, 1983: Final Interagency Agreement BR & BLM
- This agreement is the result of over 3 years of intensive negotiations and reviews by the Washington office staffs and several reviews by the field staffs. The agreement provides for cooperative efforts between Reclamation and BLM which should improve the efficiency of land management, enable reimbursement for services rendered to each other, improve management of intermingled lands, and provide for the exchange of a wide range of specific services. The provisions of this agreement should be implemented immediately in dealing with the BLM. Attached documents are the Congressional Authorizing Statutes and Public Land Orders.
- March 1983: AZ v CA Motions for Reccomended Decree
- Articulates the State's, the US DOJ and the Tribal positions
- NEW: 1976:Congress creates - California Desert Conservation Area
- As soon as practicable after October 21, 1976, the Secretary shall file a revised map and a legal description of the California Desert Conservation Area with the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act. Correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and a map may be made by the Secretary. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall make such legal description and map available to the public promptly upon request.
- Lt2DeptIntDenham1975.pdf
- USvDenJudgement1974.pdf
- USDOJSettlement1974.pdf
- 1974: US v Lonesome Valley Land and Cattle Co.
- Judgement While the BBC is not a party to the case, its land is identified as within the Reservation
- 1969 DOI Memorandum.PDF
- 1969: Solicitors Opinion on Western Boundary
- March 30, 1966 US DOJ to Congressman Udall
- The meander line
- 1964: PL 88-302 Leasing Lower Colorado River Lands Requirements
- House and Senate Reports in Releated Items: SEC. 5. The Act of June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 199), as amended by the Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 428), is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to approve leases of lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California, for such uses and terms as are authorized by the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U. S. C. 396a et seq.), and the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U. S. C. 415 et seq.) including the same uses and terms as are permitted thereby on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs), Dania, Navajo, and Southern Ute Reservations: Provided, however, That the authorization herein granted to the Secretary of the Interior shall not extend to any lands lying west of the Page 1005 present course of the Colorado River and south of section 25 of township 2 south, range 23 east, San Bernardino base and meridian in California, and shall not be construed to affect the resolution of any controversy over the location of the boundary of the Colorado River Reservation: Provided further, That any of the described lands in California shall be subject to the provisions of this Act when and if determined to be within the reservation."
- NEW: Jan. 1964: The Lower Colorado River Land Use Plan
- The Lower Colorado River Land Use Plan is a far reaching program for conservation and recreation development along 265 miles of the Lower Colorado River, encompassing both banks of the river from the southern edge of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area to the Mexican border. See related items below for details of land use and status. Maps.
- Feb. 1964 Master Lease for River Front land in San Bernardino
- The BLM land was leased to the BIA, CRIT and a Nevada LLC in 1964. This is a 65 year lease.
- March 12, 1963: Interstate Compact AZ and CA
- Part 1, defining the boundary between the State of California and Arizona.
- March 12, 1963: Interstate Compact AZ and CA
- Part 2, Exhibits - Defining the boundary between the State of California and Arizona.
- 1937 Secretarial Order
- Dec. 5, 1960: AZ v CA Special Master Rifkind Report
- Part Two: Pages 269 - 278 Riparian Boundary
- 1904 Act - Diminish Reservation Lands
- 1876 Executive Order defines Reservation Boundaries
- 1865 Act creates CRIT Arizona Reservation
- March 3, 1865 Act (13 Stat 559), EOs by US Grant.pdf
- The Act of March 3, 1865, is actually an appropriations law providing sums of money for various Indian services throughout the U.S. Each section appears to provide funds for services in a particular region. The CRIT provision appears in the section dealing with “Indian Service in the Territory of Arizona.” (See Attachment). In this section, every sentence contains a limitation on funds and lands for Indians in Arizona, not California. This puts the intent of Congress in context, though the plain language of the sentence establishing the CRIT reservation leaves no room for doubt. Included are all three of U.S. Grants EO’s. All declare that the EO’s are issued pursuant to the Act of 1865. The first EO issued in 1873 correctly provides for a reservation within only Arizona. The second and third, however, drop the Arizona limitation while including a boundary description encompassing lands in California. I doubt the omission of the Arizona limitation in the last two EO’s was an oversight. It seems President Grant was knowingly exceeding the limits placed on him in the Act of 1865.
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