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After a Century, Oil and Gas Problems Persist on Navajo Lands

The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.

Capital & Main

Harriet McConnell Retford on Arizona v. Navajo Nation

"[The decision] showcases the now-familiar contrast between the Court’s two different approaches to conservative jurisprudence: the strict formalism of Justice Gorsuch—a stern insistence that the United States live up to the letter of its legal obligations come hell or high water—as opposed to the status-quo, stare decisis driven conservative jurisprudence…

Reason

Prof. Todd Henderson (Chicago) on Arizona v. Navajo Nation

"[T]he Court held that despite being a 'trustee' for the Navajo Nation and despite having promised the Navajo water sufficient to make its lands productive, the United States does not have an obligation to help the Navajo obtain that water."

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Fake 'sober homes' targeting Native Americans scam millions from taxpayers

The scale of a scam to recruit Native Americans into fake treatment for substance in Phoenix and bill the government fraudulently is now emerging. It's huge.

WEKU

The Navajo farmer taking a traditional approach to making baby food

Zachariah and Mary Ben were struck by the absence of fresh, local and traditional baby foods available near the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, so they began growing their own crops

The Guardian - US

Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Fossil Fuel Extraction

Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.

Capital & Main

How Arizona stands between tribes' water

For the Navajo Nation, the fight for water rights has real implications, with infrastructure often never built

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Navajo Nation's water situation is vague

The decision leaves water infrastructure for the Navajo Nation on unsure ground

Salon

Supreme Court makes Navajo Nation's fight for more water harder

A Supreme Court ruling this week will make it harder for the Navajo Nation to get water from the Colorado River

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, Florida, or Winston-Salem, North…

The Conversation

US Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights case

Indigenous community had sought to assess water needs amid historic drought in the Colorado River Basin.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation push on water rights - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled that an 1868 treaty does not require the U.S. to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation.

Roll Call

Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency

A widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents onto the streets

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WEKU

A must-see sunset spectacle at Monument Valley

A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations played out this week at Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation along the Arizona and Utah border.

Salon

SCOTUS hears Navajo water rights case

The Biden administration told justices it doesn't have an obligation to bring more water to the reservation

WEKU

The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation's water rights

Almost a third of the reservation's 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable drinking water. The tribe wants to be able to represent itself in litigation over the Colorado River.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court may keep alive Navajo Nation water rights claim in Arizona

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court confronted on Monday the question of whether the government must do more to provide water for the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.

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Supreme Court to weigh Navajo Nation water rights fight in Arizona

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear a major water rights dispute from Arizona on Monday to decide whether the federal government has broken its promises to the Navajo Nation for more than 150 years.

Roll Call

Supreme Court appears divided on Navajo water rights lawsuit - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Monday over the Navajo Nation’s effort to keep alive a lawsuit over water for a reservation.

The Independent UK

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a critical water rights case in the arid Southwest

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court to hear arguments on Navajo Nation water needs

WASHINGTON — The Navajo Nation will argue Monday at the Supreme Court that the United States must meet the water needs of their reservation in Arizona, amid long-standing tensions about how to apportion the dwindling flow of the Colorado River.

Roll Call

Supreme Court to hear arguments on Navajo Nation water needs - Roll Call

The Navajo Nation will argue Monday at the Supreme Court that the United States must meet the water needs of their reservation in Arizona.

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