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Show 86 surface water from the Colorado River and underground sources.61 (f) Chemehuevi Reservation. The Chemehuevi Indian Reservation is situated in an arid desert valley area in California, on the west bank of the Colorado River between Parker Dam and the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation. Its total area is approximately 28,000 acres. There are no Indians presently inhabiting the reservation.62 Tribal population in 1957 approximated 300 Indians.63 As of 1957, irrigation was not practiced on the Reservation. However, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has tentatively planned to introduce irrigation systems on the Reservation." (g) Colorado River Reservation. This Reservation, situated on both sides of the Colorado River in Arizona and California, is bounded on the south by Ehrenburg, Arizona. Its approximately 260,000 acres, which extend to the mesas and mountains on the east and northwest, are primarily arid desert valley country. The inhabitants of the Reservation, the Colorado River Indian tribes, have an agricultural economy.65 It is estimated that 1,100 or 1,200 of the 1957 tribal population of approximately 1,300 live on the Reservation.66 Irrigation water for the Arizona portion is diverted from the Colorado River at the northern part of the Reservation. The diversion dam, called Headgate Rock Dam, has been described at pages 34-35, supra. It creates a lake 61Tr. 14072-14078 (Rupkey). See also U. S. Exs. 258, 260, 1307-1314. «2Tr. 14030 (Rupkey). 68Tr. 13765 (Haverland). S4Tr. 14023-14031 (Rupkey). See also U. S. Exs. 516, 1204-1205. 6STr. 13765-13766 (Haverland). 66Tr. 13792-13793 (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 |