State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

One hundred years after the signing of the Colorado River Compact, many Native American tribes still struggle to fully secure rights in river’s basin.

(John Locher | AP Photo) Garnett Querta wipes sweat from his head while hauling water on the Hualapai reservation Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, near Peach Springs, Ariz. The water pulled from the ground here will be piped dozens of miles across the rugged landscape to serve the roughly 600,000 tourists a year who visit the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona Ñ an operation that's the tribe's main source of revenue.

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

One hundred years after the signing of the Colorado River Compact, many Native American tribes still struggle to fully secure rights in river’s basin.

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