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Interior Secretary Jewell Signs Historic Water Rights Agreement with Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and State of Nevada

Agreement Quantifies Water Rights, Will Make $60 Million Available for Duck Valley Reservation

4271WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  As part of President Obama’s commitment to empower tribal nations, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, on behalf of the United States, signed an historic agreement today at the Department of the Interior guaranteeing the water rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes in Nevada and ensuring water supplies and facilities for their Duck Valley Reservation.

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