Contents
Part I Winters v. United States: Litigation, Decisions, and Context
Chapter 1. Prelude to the Winters Litigation: Land Cession and Reservation Agreements,
Non-Indian Settlement, and Irrigation
Chapter 2. Legal Context of the Litigation: The Prior Appropriation System and
Possibilities in the Law of Water in Montana in 1905
Chapter 3. Commencement of the Winters Case: A Federal Court Decision for Fort Belknap
and Its Place in the Water Issues of the Milk River Valley
Chapter 4. Winters in the Federal Court of Appeals: Reclamation Anxiety, Kansas v. Colorado,
and Affirmation by the Court of Appeals
Chapter 5. Back in the Milk River Valley, 1905-1907: Reclamation, Reservation Rusting,
and Sugar Beet Production
Chapter 6. Winters and Allotment: The Blackfeet Reservation Allotment Legislation and Water Rights
Chapter 7. The Supreme Court's Decision in Winters: Anticlimax in the Milk River Valley, 1907-1908
Chapter 8. The People of Winters and the Natural Law of the West
Part II The Work of Winters, 1905-1930s: A Case Study from the Uintah Reservation
Chapter 9. Prelude to the Water Rights Litigation at the Uintah Indian Reservation, Late 1800s to 1914:
Allotment, Irrigation, State Water Law, and Water Problems
Chapter 10. National Context of the Uintah Litigation: Growing Interest in the
Potential of Winters, 1909-1915
Chapter 11. Back at the Uintah Reservation: The Switch to a Winters-Based Approach and Litigation
Chapter 12. Lessons from the Uintah Reservation Litigation
Conclusion |
