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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Annette McGivney in Dilkon, Arizona

‘The US dammed us up’: how drought is threatening Navajo ties to ancestral lands

A man walks across dry terrain past a clothesline with three dogs surrounding him.
A man walks across his land on the Navajo Nation to receive his monthly water delivery. Roughly one-third of Navajo homes lack piped water. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Candice Mendez grew up on the Navajo reservation in a home that lacked running water and electricity. There was no phone service and few paved roads. A supermarket was miles away. But to Mendez, now 39, it felt like a time of abundance.

“We did not want for anything,” she said.

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