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Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and TERRY TANG Associated Press//July 9, 2024//

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Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

Stephen Roe Lewis

Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and TERRY TANG Associated Press//July 9, 2024//

SACATON, Arizona (AP) — Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney...

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