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1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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1891
Mission Indian Relief Act
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1895
Escondido Canal built on La Jolla Reservation, Lake Wohlford created
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1900
Henshaw bought 40,000+ acres of land in Warner Ranch
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1908
Winters Doctrine
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1914
Canal built on Rincon Reservation
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1920
Federal Power Act and Federal Power Commission created
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1923
Henshaw Dam built, Lake Henshaw created
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1924
Henshaw, EMWC, and Vista made agreement to update canal, received license from FPC
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1929
Conversion to concrete canal complete
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1940s
Drought across Pauma Valley. Escondido and Vista pump from wellfields above Lake Henshaw, decreasing water supply to the lake and thus the Rincon Reservation
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1968
Patricia Duro from Rincon Band consults Bob Pelcyger
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1969
Pelcyger files lawsuit against Escondido and Visa on behalf of Rincon and La Jolla Bands
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1974
EMWC licenses expired
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1977
Judge Ellis rules in favor of the Bands
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1979
Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) appealed Judge Ellis' decision
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1984
Supreme Court issues split decision that effectively sent parties back to FERC to start litigation over again, Bands decided to go legislative route with help of Congressman Packard
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1988
San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act passes and SLRIWA forms
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1998
CA legislature appropriates $200M+ for lining of All-American Canal
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2000
Packard Amendment, allocates 16,000 acre-feet of water from All-American Canal lining to the Bands
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2003
All documents signed by all parties
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2016
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Amendment
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2017
Final approval of the Settlement Act