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GWD-10-Q25 N-3-Q20 G-10-Q25:
The author cites the fact thatthe Rio Grande pueblos were never formally
withdrawn from public landsprimarily in order to do which of the following?
Suggest why it might have beenargued that the Winters doctrine ought not to apply to pueblo lands
Imply that the United Statesnever really acquired sovereignty over pueblo lands
Argue that the pueblo lands oughtstill to be considered part of federal public lands
Support the argument that thewater rights of citizens other than American Indians are limited by the Wintersdoctrine
Suggest that federal courtscannot claim jurisdiction over cases disputing the traditional diversion anduse of water by Pueblo Indians
GWD-10-Q26 N-3-Q21 G-10-Q26:
The passage suggests that, if thecriteria discussed in lines 16 – 32 were the only criteria for establishing areservation’s water rights, which of the following would be true?
The water rights of theinhabitants of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation would not take precedenceover those of other citizens.
Reservations established before1848 would be judged to have no water rights.
There would be no legal basis forthe water rights of the Rio Grande pueblos.
Reservations other than AmericanIndian reservations could not be created with reserved water rights.
Treaties establishingreservations would have to mention water rights explicitly in order to reservewater for a particular purpose.
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GWD-10-Q27 N-3-Q22 G-10-Q27:
According to the passage, whichof the following was true of the treaty establishing the Fort Berthold IndianReservation?
It was challenged in the SupremeCourt a number of times.
It was rescinded by the federalgovernment, an action that gave rise to the Winters case.
It cited American Indians’traditional use of the land’s resources.
It failed to mention water rightsto be enjoyed by the reservation’s inhabitants.
It was modified by the SupremeCourt in Arizona v. California.
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N-3-Q23 G-10-Q28:
The primary purpose of thepassage is to trace the development of laws establishing American Indianreservations explain the legal bases for the water rights of American Indiantribes question the legal criteria often used to determine the water rights ofAmerican Indian tribes discuss evidence establishing the earliest date at whichthe federal government
recognized the water rights ofAmerican Indians point out a legal distinction between different types ofAmerican Indian reservations