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(b) Other arguments offered by the Navajo Tribe to support its claims under the 1868 treaty are unpersuasive. First, that the 1868 treaty established the Navajo Reservation as a “permanent home” does not mean that the United States agreed to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe. Second, the treaty’s express requirement that the United States supply seeds and agricultural implements for a