With growing water shortages on the Colorado River, tribal communities are demanding a bigger role in river management and access to water they legally own but have never actually possessed. Major river water users will gather in Las Vegas this week to plot how to save this rapidly failing waterway. These Native American tribes may be key to that effort.
Jerd Smith of Fresh Water News reports for the Water Desk.
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