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Native America Calling: Western tribes weigh in on Colorado River water sharing
Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Western tribes weigh in on Colorado River water sharing
Four states and six tribes in the Colorado River Basin are working on an agreement on water usage into the future.

The agreement could be finalized as early as April. It comes as a flurry of agreements — and lack of agreement — involving other states and tribes is competing for a comprehensive water sharing agreement in time for an imposed 2026 deadline.

Join Native America Calling to hear differing perspectives from tribal representatives about the evolving conversations about the vital and diminishing resource.

Colorado River
The Colorado River near Page, Arizona. Photo: Floyd

Guests on Native America Calling
Ethel Branch (Diné), Navajo Nation Attorney General

Joelynn Ashley (Hopi and Navajo), chair of Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission

Chuck Cullom, executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission

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