Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Joel Ferry, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Shaandiin Parrish and Michelle Espino hold decrees after Utah and the Navajo ...

A yearslong effort to extend a pipeline from Albuquerque’s water system to the Navajo community of To’hajiilee, which has long grappled with an acute drinking water crisis, is finally approaching ...

The Navajo Nation aims to become the first tribe authorized to issue federal water permits, a prospect that could lead to stricter pollution limits and help expand access to water infrastructure. The ...

The Navajo Nation Council has unanimously approved a proposed water rights settlement. The Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are seeking more than $5 billion as part of their settlement ...

WINDOW ROCK, AZ — The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress would ensure water for two ...

The application for preliminary permits is Nature and People First’s latest proposal for energy development on tribal land.

SHIPROCK, N.M. – Turning on a sink and having the water flow is something most people take for granted. That hasn’t been the case for decades across the Navajo Nation. “I want to be clear this isn’t ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Navajo Nation Council unanimously passed a water rights settlement on Thursday. Water rights settlements ensure tribes get federally-reserved rights to water supplies. The ...

On a warm evening in early June, Loretta Johnson pointed her white Chevy Silverado with a Navajo blanket-patterned steering wheel cover south on the main road leading out of Shiprock, New Mexico, and ...

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