As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 17, 2023
The Navajo Nation reservation is about the size of Ireland or West Virginia, with large portions bordered by the Colorado River. 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.
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