Seminar Series: Water Justice for Native Americans

Professor McCool’s research focuses on voting rights, water resource development, and Native American water rights. He is the author of: River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America’s Rivers (2012); Native Waters: Contemporary Indian Water Settlements and the Second Treaty Era (2002) and Command of the Waters: Iron Triangles, Federal Water Development, and Indian Water (1987/1994). He co-authored: Native Vote: American Indians, the Voting Rights Act, and Indian Voting (2007); Staking Out the Terrain: Power and Performance Among Natural Resource Agencies (1996, 2d ed); and Public Policy Theories, Models and Concepts (1995).

His most recent publications include a book chapter on Native American water rights in the Colorado River Basin, and a co-authored journal article on the use of ballot collection on Indian reservations. He has served as a consultant for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U. S. Department of Justice, The ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, and the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy. He has been an expert witness in 26 Voting Rights Act cases with minority plaintiffs.