Debra Utacia Krol, Arizona Capitol Times correspondent//August 7, 2009//[read_meter]

[caption id="attachment_13808" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Many canals, like this one feeding an alfalfa field in the Gila River Indian Community, run parallel to centuries-old waterways dug by the tribe’s Huhugam ancestors....

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