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Thursday, June 15, 2006
NARF files suit on behalf of Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas to enforce water quality and quantity agreement:
On June 14, 2006, on behalf of the Kickapoo Tribe in
Kansas, the Native American Rights Fund filed a federal lawsuit
in U.S. District Court in an effort to enforce express promises
made to the Tribe over a decade ago by the Nemaha-Brown Watershed
Joint Board # 7, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of
the United States Department of Agriculture, and the State of Kansas.
A thirty-year era of unreliable water supplies on the Kickapoo
Reservation has disabled the Kickapoo Tribe from providing basic
municipal services necessary to protect its residents from illness,
fire, and unsanitary living conditions. According to the EPA, the
water quality on the reservation is so poor it is harmful to human
health and unsuitable for human consumption. Read more in the press
release and the complaint.
Related News Stories:
• • Water miseries spur tribes suit
(Kansas City Star) 6/16/06
• • Kickapoo Tribe files suit over water quality (KMBC-TV
Kansas City) 6/15/06
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