Navajo Nation Archives

AZ CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

July 23, 2025

by Christopher Lomahquahu, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Guiding a Toyota pickup along a narrow dirt road south of Second...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Settlements and stalemates: Tribal leaders steer the Colorado River conversation

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

June 6, 2025

Thirty federally recognized tribes lay claim to a fourth of the Colorado River, a vital water source for 40 million...

GRIST: States and tribes scramble to reach Colorado River deals before election

Grist

Colorado River

March 6, 2024

By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. There are...

PRO PUBLICA: Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.

Pro Publica

Colorado River

October 17, 2023

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...

PRO PUBLICA: Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water

Pro Publica

Colorado River

June 26, 2023

By Anna V. Smith, High Country News, and Umar Farooq and Mark Olalde, ProPublica This article originally appeared on Inside...

THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

The Conversation

Colorado River Policy and regulation

June 23, 2023

By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribe seeking Colorado River water rights spurned by high court

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

June 22, 2023

The justices dealt a blow to the Navajo Nation in the war for water in the arid American Southwest. By...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribe’s fight for water in drought-plagued West divides Supreme Court

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

March 20, 2023

Over 150 years ago the federal government agreed to provide the Navajo Nation with land to live on, but the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Western water wars at high court focus on Navajo Nation

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

March 16, 2023

Out of the arid American Southwest is a case headed to the Supreme Court dealing with the hottest commodity in...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court adds fight over Colorado River water rights to its docket

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

November 4, 2022

In the drought-prone West, a tribal nation claims the government should have protected its access to water. By Kelsey Reichmann...

COURT DOCS: Navajo Nation’s water rights

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

February 17, 2022

From the Courthouse News Service: The Ninth Circuit revived the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim alleging the U.S. Department...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River shortage to hit Central Arizona farmers hardest

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

August 7, 2021

Seven states from Utah to California share the Colorado River’s roughly 15 million acre-feet of water annually. But in the...

COURT DOCS: Navajo Nation’s water rights

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

April 28, 2021

From the Courthouse News Service: The Ninth Circuit revived the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim alleging that the federal...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Navajo Enforce Their Own Clean Water Act

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River Water quality

July 8, 2015

By Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service The Navajo Nation agreed to bring its wastewater treatment plant in Window Rock, Ariz....