COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribe’s fight for water in drought-plagued West divides Supreme Court Courthouse News Service Colorado River March 20, 2023Over 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, 2023Out 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, 2022In 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, 2022From the Courthouse News Service: The Ninth Circuit revived the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim alleging the U.S. Department...
NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes seek to secure their water rights as Colorado River dries Nevada Current Colorado River December 14, 2021by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Historically excluded from Colorado River negotiations, tribes are demanding to be included in policy discussions...
NEVADA CURRENT: Climate change intensifying competition for water in the West Nevada Current Colorado River October 16, 2021SNWA chief warns of fights ‘over water that simply isn’t there’ by Jacob Fischler, Nevada Current States in the Colorado...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribal influence over Arizona water growing Courthouse News Service Colorado River August 14, 2021Because of the confluence of relatively recent water rights settlements and a looming shortage of Colorado River water, tribes like...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River shortage to hit Central Arizona farmers hardest Courthouse News Service Colorado River August 7, 2021Seven 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, 2021From the Courthouse News Service: The Ninth Circuit revived the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim alleging that the federal...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribe fights over water allotment in Arizona Courthouse News Service Colorado River March 30, 2017A small Indian reservation that’s become a major economic force in the desert south of Phoenix has sued the Central...
