Word: musick
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NATIVE AMERICANS. "The Indians are the giant 'What if?' on the river," says Boulder lawyer John Musick, who specializes in water issues. "They have time and the law on their side. They have a solid case, and they're dead serious. It's like a huge bill finally coming due." Because of treaties and agreements between their tribes and the Federal Government, Native Americans living on reservations along the Colorado River have, in many instances, claims on water that date back to the mid-1800s. Thanks to the first-in-time concept, they are often the senior owners of river...