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Senators urged to step up after Supreme Court ruling on Navajo water rights
Lux Butler Cronkite News//September 28, 2023//[read_meter]
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that 30% of homes on her tribe's lands lack running water, which impedes not only health but farming, tourism, and industrial and economic development for the Navajo. She made the comments the hearing on the government’s trust obligations to ensure water access for tribes. Most of the senators and witnesses at the hearing in Washington, D.C., agreed that there is a legal obligation, but Curley said it goes beyond that. (Photo by Lux Butler/Cronkite News)
Senators urged to step up after Supreme Court ruling on Navajo water rights
Lux Butler Cronkite News//September 28, 2023//[read_meter]
Crystalyne Curley told a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday that the Navajo Nation Council is 100 years old this year – and that the tribe’s fight for water access has been...
