The Navajo Nation Should Not Have to Beg for Water at the Supreme Court

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Opinion. Citing treaties that date back to 1849 and 1868, the Navajo Nation on Monday morning will argue in the U.S. Supreme Court that it should be granted access to water from the Colorado River.

The Colorado River serves some 40 million people spread across seven states and some tribal communities along its 1,450 miles-long river. Some of America’s largest cities receive their drinking water from the Colorado River, including Denver, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles.

It’s water that is needed for tribal citizens, businesses, farms, and ranches.

Some 30 percent of residents on the Navajo Nation do not have access to safe drinking water. Farmers, ranchers, and other businesses are limited in their ability to grow.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/navajo-nation-not-beg-water-114306727.html

[republianmushroom]

1. agree

[niyad]

2. Absolutely agree!

[Deuxcents]

3. Put some of that infrastructure money into safe water access for them. All of them

We’ve taken just about everything from them..

[artemesia23X]

4. I too agree.

I wholeheartedly agree the Navaho nation or for that matter any ethnic group should not need to beg for a basic human right. Water.

[brer cat]

5. It's disgraceful. Water, like air, is life.

[Orrex]

6. The US simply can't stop fucking the people who were here first

It's our ongoing and endless national shame.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. Hear Hear! (n/t)

[LoisB]

7. Agree 100%.