{"id":447900,"date":"2026-03-11T20:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=447900"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:41:21","slug":"video-examining-federal-policies-governing-indian-water-rights-settlements-and-s-953-northeastern-arizona-indian-water-rights-settlement-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/03\/11\/video-examining-federal-policies-governing-indian-water-rights-settlements-and-s-953-northeastern-arizona-indian-water-rights-settlement-act\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Examining Federal Policies Governing Indian Water Rights Settlements and S.953, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act"},"content":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
\r\nOversight Hearing on \u201cExamining Federal Policies Governing Indian Water Rights Settlements,\u201d and Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 953, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
\r\nDate: March 11, 2026
\r\nTime: 2:30 PM
\r\nLocation: Dirksen
\r\nRoom: 628\r\n

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Agenda<\/div>\r\nS.953<\/a>, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025. The bipartisan bill settles the water rights<\/a> of the Hopi Tribe<\/a>, the Navajo Nation<\/a> and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe<\/a> in the Colorado River basin in northeastern Arizona<\/a>. \r\n

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Witnesses<\/div>\r\nPANEL 1
\r\nThe Honorable Mark Kelly [Press Release: Kelly Introduces Tribal Leaders and Highlights Arizona Water Settlement at Senate Indian Affairs Hearing<\/a>]
\r\nSenator from Arizona
\r\nSponsor of S.953\r\n

<\/P>\r\nPANEL 2
\r\nMr. Scott Cameron [PDF: Written Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary \u2013 Water and Science
\r\nExercising the Delegated Authority of Commissioner
\r\nBureau of Reclamation
\r\nDepartment of the Interior
\r\nWashington, DC\r\n \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Honorable Buu Nygren [PDF: Written Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nPresident
\r\nNavajo Nation
\r\nWindow Rock, Arizona\r\n \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Honorable Lamar Keevama [PDF: Written Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nChairman
\r\nHopi Tribe
\r\nKykotsmovi Village, Arizona\r\n \r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Honorable Johnny Lehi Jr. [PDF: Written Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nVice President
\r\nSan Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
\r\nTuba City, Arizona\r\n \r\n

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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\nOversight Hearing on \u201cExamining Federal Policies Governing Indian Water Rights Settlements,\u201d and Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 953, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025<\/a> (March 11, 2026)\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on March 11, 2026.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":447940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-video-entry.php","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,20,13,1,14,334],"tags":[5366,3240,118,464,53,5428,7221,405,24,6216,5427,213,7220,91,154,1744,153],"class_list":["post-447900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","category-video","tag-119th","tag-buu-nygren","tag-doi","tag-hopi","tag-joe-biden","tag-johnny-lehi","tag-lamar-keevama","tag-mark-kelly","tag-navajo","tag-s-953","tag-san-juan-southern-paiute","tag-scia","tag-scott-cameron","tag-senate","tag-treaties","tag-usbr","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1Swc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/12\/SenateCommitteeonIndianAffairs-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447900"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447943,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447900\/revisions\/447943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}