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The Navajo negotiated water settlements with New Mexico and Utah in 2009 and 2020 respectively, but had not reached an agreement with Arizona in 2023. On June 22, 2023, the US Supreme Court ruled in Arizona v. Navajo Nation that the federal government of the United States has no obligation to ensure that the Navajo Nation has access to water ...
The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the ...
The Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute nations have settled their water-rights claims with the state of Arizona. Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with Arizona. It ...
The Supreme Court seemed split Monday as it weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw ...
Following historic water crises in the Southwest United States, The Navajo Nation looked towards the water rights principles of Winters as a way to mitigate their water scarcity. The Nation would go on to argue that given the reservation was intended to be a "permanent home" for the Navajo people the Federal Government is compelled to take ...
Senate committee chair agrees with Navajo officials that securing water supplies is 'the right thing to do' and a federal responsibility. Navajo officials tell lawmakers the government should ...
The Navajo Nation Code consists of codified rules and laws of the Navajo Nation. [24] The Navajo Nation Code has 26 titles, covering subjects from the Navajo Nation Government to Commerce and Trade to Water.
Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in California that are also involved in the case had urged the court to decide for them, which the justices did in a 5-4 ruling. Colorado had ...