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Editor's note: This is a well-written, timely, and informative article related to American Indian Water Rights--specifically the Navajo Nation, to include, but is not limited to the

Editor’s note: This is a well-written, timely, and informative article related to American Indian Water Rights on the Gila River Reservation to include, though not limit

Unlike the Pima Indians of the Gila River Indian Community, the Yavapai were not traditionally farmers.

For decades, ranchers and farmers across the West have tapped into rivers and streams on or near Indian reservations.

"We view our competition for water as the state of New Mexico," said John Porter, president of the Southwestern Water Conservation District.

In a no-discussion action, Durango city councilors took the first step in early December to redirect the outflow of the city's sewage-treatment plant into the Animas River farther downstream. 

A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday from lawyers for an Arizona ski resort and Indian tribes battling over the resort's plan to make snow using reclaimed wastewater at the Arizona Snowb

New Mexico State Engineer John D'Antonio has estimated it would cost $300 million over 55 years to settle all the water rights claims on New Mexico's rivers and streams.

After more than three decades of discussion, officials for the city of Gallup and the Navajo Nation are at the brink of a historic memorandum of understanding in connection with t

Though an economic feasibility analysis for a proposed coal-fired plant on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation was conducted in February 2004, it wasn’t because the tr