The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve decades of legal disputes and devote $5 billion to delivering Colorado River water to tribes in northeastern Arizona. For the Hopi and Navajo, the promise of assured water follows generations of exclusion from major allocation decisions. For the San Juan Southern Paiute, the agreement represents the chance to gain land and water rights for the first time in the tribe’s modern history.
Truth matters.
Support Arizona's only nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide investigative journalism. Your support makes our newsroom possible.
Or, sign up for our newsletter.