As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 17, 2023
Over one hundred years ago, the Supreme Court found that the creation of Indian reservations arising from Indian land cession treaties in the arid west necessarily created Indian reserved water rights. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Several “friend of the court” briefs support the Navajo Nation on this issue.
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