The Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Navajo Nation Council this week approved a memorandum of understanding between the Navajo Nation and the city of Gallup, thus hurtling one political football into the end zone. But the game is far from over when it comes to settling Navajo claims to the San Juan River Basin and garnering funding support in Congress for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The everyday Navajo people, caught up in a water war that stretches from the desert Southwest to Washington, seem to have little voice in the final outcome.

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