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• Irrigation, A Sketch of Its History and Practice in Various Countries
  

  Source: Patrick Hamilton, Commissioner of Immigration for Arizona Territory. April 25, 1886

• Notes of a Military Reconnaissance
  

  Source: 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate. Executive No. 7. 1847.

• Communication from Captain Samuel Adams Relative to the Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries
  

  Source: 41st Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 12

• Irrigation in the United States
  

  Source: 49th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Mis. Doc. No.15. A Report Prepared by Richard J. Hinton, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture.

• Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution of December 13, 1890
  

  Source: 51st Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. 53. In response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1890, a report on the progress of irrigation investigation under the Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1890.

• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands
  

  Source: 51st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report 928, Part 3.

• Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey No. 16
  

  Source: 55th Congress, 2nd Session, House, Document No. 511. United States Geological Survey No. 16.

• Statement of Donald Paul Hodel
  

  Source: 99th Congress, 1st Session. Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations FY86, Part 1. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Hearing 99-97. February 19, 26, 28, March 5, 6, 19, 21, 1985.

Navajo

• Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting certain reports upon the condition of the Navajo Indian Country
  

  Source: 52d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Document No. 68

• Agreement with Navajo Indians
  

  Source: 54th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 310. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting, in Response to the Resolution of Inquiry of the 8th of February, 1897. A Report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relating to a treaty with the Navajo Indians

• Authorizing the transfer to the Navajo Tribe of Irrigation Project Works on the Navajo Reservation, and for other purposes
  

  Source: 56th Congress 2d Session, Senate, Report No. 1418. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany H.R. 8295]

• Bridge across Little Colorado River, Arizona
  

  Source: 60th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Report No. 778. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. [To accompany S. 7883.]

• Ganado Irrigation Project, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona
  

  Source: 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 591. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury

• Bureau of Indian Affairs. Communication from the President of the United States
  

  Source: 69th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 736.

• Statement of Sam Ahkeah, chairman, Navaho Tribal Council, accompanied by Norman M. Littell, general counsel, Navaho tribe
  

  Source: 83rd Congress, 2nd Session, Senate, Published Hearing, 1954. Colorado River Storage Project.

• Statement of Sam Ahkeah, Chairman, Navaho Tribal Council, Shiprock, N. Mexico
• Desert Land Entrymen Whose Entries are Dependent Upon Percolating Waters for Reclamation Source: 84th Congress, 1st Session, House, Report No. 1084
• Providing for the Acquisition of Navaho Indian Lands Required in Connection with the Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of the Glen Canyon Unit, Colorado River Storage Project
  

  Source: 84th Congress 2d Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 2789. Mr. Engle, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany H. R. 11685]

• Navajo Indian Irrigation and San Juan-Chama participating projects, New Mexico
  

  Source: 85th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Report No. 2198. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany S. 3648]

• Navajo Irrigation--San Juan-Chama Diversion
  

  Source: 85th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate, Published Hearing, 1958.

• Navajo Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Projects, New Mexico
  

  Source: 86th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 155. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany S. 72]

• Navajo Irrigation and San Juan-Chama Projects, New Mexico
  

  Source: 87th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 83. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany S. 107]

• Authorizing Construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and the Initial Stage of the San Juan-Chama Project as participating projects of the Colorado River Storage Project
  

  Source: 87th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 685. Mr. Rogers of Texas, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany H. R. 7596]

• Approving long-term contracts for delivery of water from Navajo Reservoir in the state of New Mexico, and for other purposes
  

  Source: 90th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 821. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany S.J. Res. 123]

• Statement of Norman L. Bowman, Director of Resources Division, the Navajo Tribe
  

  Source: 91st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Published Hearing. Navajo Irrigation Project.

• Amending the act of June 13, 1962, with respect to the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
  

  Source: 91st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 91-363. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following report [To accompany S. 203]

• Colorado River Indian Programs: Statement of Antone Gonzales, Colorado River Tribal Council, Parker, Arizona
  

  Subcommittee Procedure, Statement of Antone Gonzales

Pima and Maricopa

• Survey of Pima and Maricopa Reservation
  

  Source: 41st Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 139. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in Relation to the Proposed Extension of the survey of the Pima and Maricopa Indian Reservation in Arizona

• Hudson Reservoir and Canal Company
  

  Source: 54th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 2049

• Report on the irrigation investigation
  

  Source: 54th Congress, Senate. Document No. 27. For the benefit of the Pima and other Indians on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona

• Conditions and Cost of Water Storage
  

  Source: 56th Congress, 1st Session - Senate. - Document No. 37. Report of James D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer, on the general conditions and cost of water storage for irrigation on the Gila River, Arizona, for the benefit of the Indians occupying the Gila River Reservation.

• Irrigation on the Gila River, Arizona
  

  Source: 56th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document No. 152. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior

• Irrigation upon the Pima Indian Reservation, Arizona
  

  Source: 56th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document No. 304. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior

• Irrigation for the Pima Indians
  

  Source: 56Th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate, Document No. 88. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior

• Statement of Hon. J. F. Wilson, Delegate from Arizona
  

  Source: 56th Congress, 2nd Session, House, Published Hearing. Reclamation of Arid Lands of the U.S., 1901.

• Memorial in Re-Investigation of Pima Indians, Arizona
  

  Source: 62nd Congress, 1st Session, House, Committee Print.

• Conserving the Rights of the Pima Indians of Arizona
  

  Source: 62nd Congress, 1st Session, House, Committee Print. Letter and petition. 1911.

• Pima Indian Reservation. Hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs United States Senate
  

  Source: 62nd Congress, 2nd Session on H. R. 18244. A Bill Providing for the Construction of Irrigation Works for Impounding the Waters

• Report in the Matter of the Investigation of the Salt and Gila Rivers--Reservations and Reclamation Service
  

  Source: 62nd Congress, 3rd Session, House of Representatives, Report No.--

• Relief of Indians of the Gila River and Papago Reservations, Arizona
  

  Source: 67th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Report No. 711. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. [To accompany S. 3393.]

• Pima Indians and the San Carlos Irrigation Project
  

  Source: 68th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Hearings Before the Committee on Indian Affairs House of Representatives

• Indian Service. Communication from the President of the United States
  

  Source: 68th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 197. Communication from the President of the United States, Transmitting Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year 1924, Pertaining to the Indian Service, Amounting to $300,000.

• Increasing Scarcity of Water
  

  Source: 68th Congress, 1st Session, House, Committee Print. Pima Indians and the San Carlos Irrigation Project.

• San Carlos Federal Irrigation Project in Arizona
  

  Source: 68th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 129. Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. [To accompany S. 966.]

• San Carlos Irrigation Project
  

  Source: 68th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 618. Mr. Snyder, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following Report [To accompany S. 966]

• Statement of George Truman Jones, Member, Pima Indian Tribe, Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona
  

  Source: 80th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Published Hearing. Bridge Canyon Project. 1947

• Salt River Indian Irrigation Project Expansion: Statement of Paul J. Smith, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Council, Arizona: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations, FY75, Part 3
  

  Source: 74th Congress, Senate, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations, FY75, Part 3

Pueblo

• Report of the Secretary of War
  

  Source: 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 64. The report of Lieutenant J. H. Simpson of an expedition into the Navajo country in 1849; and, also, the report of Captain S. G. French relative to the road opened between San Antonio and El Paso del Norte.

Western Apache

• Bridges across San Carlos Creek and Gila River
  Source: 62d Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 1013. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior. Transmitting, Pursuant to Law, Result of Investigation of Conditions on San Carlos Indian Reservation, with View to Constructing Bridges for the Use of the Indians across San Carlos Creek and Gila River, in the vicinity of San Carlos.
• Erosion and Overflow, Gila River, Arizona
  

  Source: 64th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Report No. 262. Mr. Ashurst, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. [To accompany S. 4655.