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Anna V. Smith

High Country News

BITTER SPRINGS, ARIZONA - JANUARY 1: A rainbow is seen above homes in the Navajo Nation, on January 1, 2023 in Bitter Springs, Arizona. Reports say that nearly 40% of Navajo Nation is living without running water. Despite living near the Colorado River the Navajo Nation was left out of talks almost a hundred years ago when rule makers were drawing up the Colorado River Compact.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

How Arizona stands between tribes and their water

Mark Olalde, Umar Farooq, Anna V. Smith