December 19, 2022
Arizona, Colorado and Nevada on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that found the Navajo Nation could sue the federal government for a full accounting of the tribe's water needs.
November 04, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up litigation involving the Navajo Nation's water rights, which federal and state authorities have warned could have serious implications for resources in the Colorado River watershed amid historic drought conditions.
September 26, 2022
Navajo leaders want the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold their tribe's right to a share of water from the federally managed Colorado River, arguing that a pair of 19th-century treaties confer on the government a duty to supply their hyper-arid reservation with water for agricultural purposes.
July 20, 2022
Federal authorities want the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling last year that found the government may be obligated to determine the Navajo Nation's water needs, which they say has no basis in statutory language and "cannot be squared" with basic precedent.