Dozens Of Tribes, Others Back Navajo Nation In Supreme Court Water Rights Case

Mealey's (February 10, 2023, 10:48 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is “blackletter law” that the United States, as trustee of reserved water rights for Indian tribes, is obligated to identify the waters reserved for tribes like the Navajo Nation, a group of large tribes tells the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus curiae brief in a dispute over water from the Colorado River....