Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
The passage suggests that the legal rights of citizens other than American Indians to the use of water flowing into the Rio Grande pueblos are _____________

• A. Guaranteed by the precedent set in Arizona v. California.
• B. Abolished by the Winters doctrine.
• C. Deferred to the Pueblo Indians whenever treaties explicitly require this.
• D. Guaranteed by federal land-use laws.
• E. Limited by the prior claims of the Pueblo Indians.

Answer 1

The correct option is E Limited by the prior claims of the Pueblo Indians.

"Therefore, the reserved water rights of Pueblo Indians have priority over other citizens' water rights as of 1848, the year in which pueblos must be considered to have become reservations." - this extract from the passage supports option E as the answer.