The second established the reservation as the tribe’s “permanent home” - a promise the Navajo Nation says includes a sufficient supply of water. The facts of the case go back to two treaties the tribe and the federal government signed in 18.
WATCH: Western states that rely on Colorado River fail to reach agreement on cutting consumption Still, a third of the some 175,000 people who live on the reservation, the country’s largest, don’t have running water in their homes. The mainstream of the Colorado River flows along the northwestern border of the tribe’s reservation, which extends into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.Īnd two of the river’s tributaries, the San Juan River and the Little Colorado River, also pass alongside and through the reservation. Water is a critical resource for the Navajo Nation. The high court was hearing arguments Monday in a case that states argue could upend how water is shared in the Western U.S. Listen to the arguments in the player above. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems inclined to side with the federal government and a group of states in a dispute with the Navajo Nation over water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
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