Crystalyne Curley told a Senate panel Wednesday that the Navajo Nation Council is 100 years old this year – and that the tribe’s fight for water access has been going on for at least that long.
Curley, the speaker of the Navajo Council, made the comments at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on the government’s trust obligations to ensure water access for tribes. Most of the senators and witnesses at the hearing agreed that there is a legal obligation, but Curley said it goes beyond that.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority that it is not in the court’s power to amend the treaty, but rather that it is the responsibility of the president and Congress. “The Navajo Nation was just asking for help in assessing where our water is,” said Tanana, a member of the Navajo Nation. “What are our needs? What is a plan?
The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 included $13 billion for tribes, of which $4.4 billion was dedicated specifically for water and sanitation infrastructure, according to White House documents. While they pointed to the billions in federal funding that have been approved in recent years to improve tribal access to clean water and sanitation, many senators also said lawmakers need to do more.
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