Abstract
The “Aamodt case” is a complex, long-running adjudication of water rights in the Pojoaque River watershed northwest of Santa Fe. In 1966,it was filed in federal court as State of New Mexico, ex rel. State Engineer,et al. v. Aamodt, et al. The parties include the State, through the State Engineer, about 5,600 non-Indian claimants, the Pueblos of Nambé, Pojoaque,San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, and governmental entities such as the county of Santa Fe, many acequias, the Pojoaque Valley Irrigation District, and several federal and state agencies.
Recommended Citation
Bossert, Paul and Sarah Armstrong. "The Nambé, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque Pueblos Settlement." Water Matters! 2015, 1 (2015): 22-1-22-9. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/utton_watermatters/vol2015/iss1/27
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22-1
Last Page
22-9
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2009, updated 2013 by Sarah Armstrong. Contributors: Edward Bagley, Kathy Dickinson, Susan Kelly, and Jerold Widdison.