Winters v. United States
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Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564, was a United States Supreme Court case clarifying water rights of American Indian reservations. This doctrine was meant to clearly define the water rights of in
Water rights for indigenous peoples go much further than the water itself, as the rights also control where they are allowed to fish.
Associate Justice Joseph McKenna delivered the majority opinion.
Devils Hole
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Devils Hole is a geologic formation located in a detached unit of Death Valley National Park and surrounded by the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, in Nye County, Nevada, in the Southwestern Unit
Winters v. United States
…of New Mexico. This ruling stated that the United States did not have reserved rights in the Rio Mimbres stream when it came to recreational purposes. Devils Hole cavern in Nevada became a detached part of Death Valley National Monument in 1952, by a proclamation of President Harry S. Truman made under the…
Looking into Devils Hole; the dark area is the surface of the water.
A viewing platform overlooks the hole.
Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, from Death Valley National Park