AZ CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Colorado River July 23, 2025by Christopher Lomahquahu, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Guiding a Toyota pickup along a narrow dirt road south of Second...
GIANNINI FOUNDATION OF AG ECON: Bargaining for Tribal water in California Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics Water rights and water law May 5, 2025By Leslie Sanchez and Eric C. Edwards, Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics Stark power disparities between Native American Tribes (tribes)...
PRO PUBLICA: Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself. Pro Publica Colorado River October 17, 2023by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
PRO PUBLICA: The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. Pro Publica Colorado River July 6, 2023The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Federal, state officials promise more tribal inclusion in Colorado River negotiations Aspen Journalism Colorado River July 1, 2023Tribes say structural inclusion is key By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Federal and state officials have promised more tribal inclusion...
PRO PUBLICA: Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water Pro Publica Colorado River June 26, 2023By 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 RiverPolicy and regulation June 23, 2023By 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, 2023The 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, 2023Over 150 years ago the federal government agreed to provide the Navajo Nation with land to live on, but the...
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...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension? Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 15, 2019Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...
