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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001

Secret negotiations between the state of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations about a proposed water sale have a number of parties itchy about the process.

The tribes have rights to water in southeastern Oklahoma. To move forward with a potentially lucrative sale of some of the water to Texas, a compact has to be finalized.

But conservation groups are eager to see the compact, which one tribal attorney says should be ready by November 1.

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Proposed sale of water creating flood of debate (The Daily Oklahoman 9/17)