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. . . .