Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act

Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources Download PDF EPUB FB2

Aug 2, H.R. (th). To correct the south boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes. Ina. (a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the ‘Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act’.

(b) Findings- Congress finds the following: (1) The Act of March 3,created the Colorado River Indian Reservation (hereinafter ‘Reservation’) along the Colorado River in Arizona and California for the ‘Indians of said river. Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act - Declares that the boundaries of the Colorado River Indian Reservation are the boundaries delineated by the Robbins Survey of and affirmed by the Harrington Resurvey of (which incl acres known as the La Paz lands).

The Colorado River Indian Tribes has been notified of the third positive resulting from an individual who was tested at the Parker Indian Health Center.

The individual is a resident of the Colorado River Indian Reservation and is currently receiving medical care. The United States Code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by Congress.

At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topically-organized Titles, and each Title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics. (a) Short TitleThis Act may be cited as the ``Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act''.

(b) FindingsCongress finds the following: (1) The Act of March 3,created the Colorado River Indian Reservation (hereinafter ``Reservation'') along the Colorado River in Arizona and California for the ``Indians of said river.

Get this from a library. Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act: report (to accompany H.R. ) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office. [United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources.]. The Colorado River Indian Tribes is a federally recognized tribe consisting of the four distinct ethnic groups associated with the Colorado River Indian Reservation: Chemehuevi, the Mohave, Hopi, and tribe has about 4, enrolled members.

A total population of 9, currently resides within the tribal reservation according to the American Community Survey data. An Act to Correct the South Boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for Other Purposes.

The huge Colorado River courses through CRIT land. Having lived and worked on that reservation as a tribal public defender for CRIT, I am familiar with the history of. Several acts of Congress, including most recently the Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act passed last year, have clearly established and reaffirmed that CRIT's lands extend into California.

And there's no question that CRIT has the authority to enforce its own laws, codes and ordinances on its own lands. Colorado River Indian Tribes Library & Archives. likes 2 talking about this were here. The purpose of the Library & Archives is to promote intellectual freedom, to inspire ideas in the /5(12).

InCongress passed the "Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act," Public LawStat.(), hereafter Boundary Act or BCA. The preamble to the Act states that the Act is: "To correct the south boundary of the Colorado River. A non-Indian leaseholder has lost an appeal in a long-running dispute over the boundaries of the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

Inthe late William Tuttle purchased 92 acres only to find out that the land actually belonged to the Colorado River Indian decades of talks, he signed a lease in that allowed him to stay on the property for another 50 years. The two Governments through the IBWC jointly administer the terms of the Water Treaty relating to the Colorado River, which provides that of its waters there are allotted to Mexico, (a) a guaranteed annual quantity of 1, acre-feet (1, cubic meters) and (b) any other quantities arriving at the Mexican points of diversion with certain conditions stipulated in the Treaty.

It looks like a long-running lease dispute between the Colorado River Indian Tribes and a non-Indian tenant is finally over. Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition in French v. action, which came in an order list on Tuesday, clears the way for Roger French to be evicted from the reservation.

French, who is part of a group called the West Bank Homeowners. Colorado River Indian Reservation - Cultural Feature (Civil) in La Paz County. Colorado River Indian Reservation is a cultural feature (civil) in La Paz County. The primary coordinates for Colorado River Indian Reservation places it within the AZ ZIP Code delivery area.

At the heart of French’s position is his belief that the boundary of the CRIT reservation moves with the Colorado River, and when the river changes course, as he believes has happened, the boundary moves with it.

The property French occupied, on the California side of the river, would therefore be outside the reservation boundary. The jurisdiction of the Colorado River Indian Tribes shall include all the territory within the original confines of the Colorado River Indian Reservation boundaries as established and approved by the act of March 3,and lands added thereto by Executive Order of Novem ; Executive Order of Novem ; Executive Order of.

The Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation - commonly called CRIT - is located in La Paz County in Western Arizona. The Colorado River Indian Reservation was chosen as the second Indian Reservation in Arizona. It was established in and instead of stating that the reservation was being established for a specific tribe, the document states.

The U.S. Congress passed the Boundary Correction Act for the benefit of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) which resto acres to the reservation that had been previously incorrectly removed by an Executive Order signed by President Wilson.The Colorado River Indian Tribes (C.R.I.T.) Reservation, the second Indian Reservation in Arizona, was established in for the “Indians of said River and its Tributaries.” Initially, this included the Mohave, whose ties to the land date from prehistoric time and the Chemehuevi who, for generations, have also resided along the Colorado.The Colorado River Indian Tribes are federally recognized, and include four distinct Tribes – the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi and Navajo.

The four tribes continue to maintain and observe their traditional ways and religious and culturally unique identities. Official Tribal Name: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation.