Federal Reserved Water Rights: Gila River Indian Community Settlement

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Analysis and Synthesis of Expressive Guitar Performance Raymond Vincent Migneco Advisor: Youngmoo Edmund Kim, Ph.D. The guitar is one of the most popular and versatile instruments used in Western music cultures. Dating back to the Renaissance era, the guitar can be heard in nearly every genre of Western music, and is arguably the most widely used instrument in present-day rock music. Over the s...

The Federal Rules of Civil Settlement

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were originally based upon a straightforward model of adjudication: Resolve the merits of cases at trial and use pretrial procedures to facilitate accurate trial outcomes. Though appealing in principle, this model has little relevance today. As is now well known, the endpoint around which the Federal Rules were structured—trial—virtually never occurs. Today,...

Tribal water rights: exploring dam construction in Indian country.

Native Settlements and Native Rights: a Comparison of the Alaska Native Settlement, the James Bay Indian/inuit Settlement, and the Western Canadian Inuit Settlement

RESUME The author describes each of three recent agreements between governments and northern native peoples, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, the James Bay Settlement, the COPE Agreement still in limbo. The agreements are compared in several areas, and against some potential demands from other groups researching land rights in preparation for the negotiation of claims. L'auteur ...

Land suitability analysis for the upper Gila River watershed

In the United States, federal management agencies, such as the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are required to assess the capability of land for future use. In addition, Arizona law now requires local jurisdictions to prepare comprehensive and general plans. Suitability analysis can be used for compliance with several elements of these plans. Here, a framework for lan...