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Show 83 degrees below zero. Average rainfall is twelve inches annually, most of which falls within the months of July and August. Most of the Zunis live in small villages or in the Zuni Pueblo and during the farming season they move out to the irrigation projects.41 The population of the tribe, which has increased by about 1,000 in twenty years, is approximately 3,000 Indians, most of whom live on the Reservation. Although these Indians engage in silver work and seasonal labor off the Reservation, their economy is primarily based on subsistence farming and stock raising.48 Water for irrigation of Reservation land is obtained from the Zuni, Nutria and Pescado Rivers as well as from springs located throughout the Reservation. The irrigation system comprises a number of separate irrigation units which are serviced by various small diversion dams, reservoirs and canal distribution networks.49 2. Indian Reservations-On or Near the Colorado River. (a) Kaibab Reservation. Inhabited by the Kaibab band of the Paiute Indians, this Reservation, with an approximate area of 120,000 acres, is located just south of, and adjacent to, the northern border of the State of Arizona, about half way between Lee Ferry and the northwest corner of Arizona. The Reservation, lying north of the Grand Canyon, has desert-type terrain. The population of the Kaibab tribe is approximately 100, but the number actually living on the Reservation is not in evidence. Gardening and wage earning in nearby towns constitute the basis of the economy.50 47Tr. 12C28-12630 (Head). "Tr. 12631-12632 (Head). "Tr. 12775-12793 (Keesee). See also U. S. Exs. 119-147. B0Tr. 13760-13761 (Haverland). |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |