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Native America Calling: Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water
Monday, August 11, 2025
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Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water
Hopes to fix the lack of clean drinking water on the Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska faded as federal funding for a pipeline project is increasingly tangled in government turmoil.

Tribal citizens are forced to drink bottled water to avoid the high levels of manganese in well water. They are just one tribe among many in Indian Country having difficulty solving problems accessing the most basic resource.

Guests on Native America Calling
Heather Tanana (Diné), initiative lead of the Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communities and law professor at the University of Denver in Colorado

Nicole Horseherder (Navajo), executive director of Tó Nizhóní Ání, a grassroots organization on the Navajo Nation

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