Tribal leaders present unified voice in support of water rights in Washington, D.C.
Leaders from the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and Southern San Juan Paiute Tribe led a unified call for federal support of the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement in Washington last week. Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley, Council Delegate Carl Slater and Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren met with Congressional members and the U.S. Department of the Interior, and testified at a hearing July 23 to examine several proposed Indian water rights settlements in Arizona, New Mexico and Montana which collectively total more than $12 billion.