Navajo Grassroots Push Council to Take Final Step in Opposing the Water Settlement, Council will soon make a decision on the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Agreement
Contact: Ron Milford, Dine Water Rights Committee (928) 401-8707 Jihan Gearon, Black Mesa Water Coalition (928) 380-6684 Window Rock, AZ – Last week the Naa'bik'iyati' Committee of the 22nd Navajo Nation Council voted 13-0 to approve Councilwoman Katherine Benally's legislation to oppose the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012, also [...]read more
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