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Supreme Court will reconsider Navajos' claim for more water from the Colorado River

Por: Los Angeles Times Politics November 04, 2022

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With California and the Southwest facing a historic drought, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a 9th Circuit Court decision that held the Navajo Nation has a right to take more water from the Colorado River. The appeals court had pointed to the 1868 treaty that gave the Navajos a permanent home on their reservation, and it ruled the treaty necessarily implied rights to an adequate amount of water to live and farm. It is clear that the... + full article



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