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Analysis written against the same dataset the tables render: every figure in these articles is computed from 35 cited settlement records at build time, so an article can never disagree with the table it describes.
What Congress has actually committed to Indian water settlements
Summing the authorization figures across every enacted Indian water rights settlement with a stated cost: the total, the concentration at the top, and what the numbers do and do not mean.
2026-09-01 · Kinetic GainFort Belknap won Winters in 1908. Its settlement is still pending.
The reservation whose 1908 Supreme Court victory created the reserved-rights doctrine does not yet have a congressionally enacted water settlement. The record of where that stands.
2026-09-01 · Kinetic GainHow to read an Indian water rights settlement
A field guide to the documents behind the table: acts vs. decrees, priority dates, acre-feet that don't compare, and why 'authorized' money isn't spent money.
2026-09-01 · Kinetic Gain