Umar Farooq, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:16:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Umar Farooq, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 ‘The fight for our lives’: Arizona’s water regime limits the Hopi Tribe’s future https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/indigenous-affairs-water-the-fight-for-our-lives-arizona-water-regime-limits-the-hopi-tribes-future/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-water-the-fight-for-our-lives-arizona-water-regime-limits-the-hopi-tribes-future/ A well that’s part of the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project. Three-fourths of the Hopi citizens living on the reservation rely on well water tainted with high levels of arsenic, according to tribal leaders and studies conducted with the Environmental Protection Agency.

A 45-year legal saga leaves the tribe fighting for their economic ambitions through water access.

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]]> 226178 Decades after the Colorado River flooded the Chemehuevi’s land, the tribe still doesn’t have its share https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/indigenous-affairs-decades-after-the-colorado-river-flooded-the-chemehuevis-land-the-tribe-still-struggles-to-get-its-share-of-the-river/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-decades-after-the-colorado-river-flooded-the-chemehuevis-land-the-tribe-still-struggles-to-get-its-share-of-the-river/ Housing on the Chemehuevi Reservation. The tribe has about 1,250 members.

Nearly all of the tribe’s water remains in the river and ends up being used by Southern California cities.

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]]> 226171 Supreme Court keeps the Navajo Nation waiting for water https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-supreme-court-keeps-the-navajo-nation-waiting-for-water/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-supreme-court-keeps-the-navajo-nation-waiting-for-water/ The Colorado River near Lees Ferry, Arizona. The opposite bank of the river is the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation has succeeded in settling water rights in Utah and New Mexico, but the tribe has failed to reach a similar agreement for its land in Arizona.

The court case was the Nation’s bid to accelerate decades of fruitless negotiations and secure water for its reservation.

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]]> 196923 How Arizona squeezes tribes for water https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-arizona-stands-between-tribes-and-their-water-squeezed/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-arizona-stands-between-tribes-and-their-water-squeezed/ The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project pipeline east of Window Rock, Arizona.

A High Country News/ProPublica investigation shows that Arizona goes to unusual lengths in water negotiations to extract restrictive concessions from tribes.

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