Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tribal representatives speak on panel during 2025 Colorado River Water Users Association. (Left to Right) Jenny Dumas, water ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona and California voted this month to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a person, saying the ‘living being’ deserves more protection while ...

For three days next week, water leaders from across the Colorado River Basin will gather in Las Vegas to talk about water and the looming failure of the seven basin states to work out differences on a ...

LAS VEGAS — The two largest tribal water rights holders in Arizona and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District accomplished something that has eluded states so far. They have pledged greater ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes, along Arizona's western edges, would become the third Indigenous government in North America to grant a river personhood rights. The move is part of a worldwide ...

As I’ve followed the long-running negotiations over the Colorado River the last couple of years, very little progress has been made in transforming the century-old system of managing the river’s ...

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, a move that has ...

Tribal leaders are concerned about being excluded from negotiations over the Colorado River's future, despite holding significant water rights. Many tribal communities lack access to clean, affordable ...