Water is Life: Water Rights, Uranium Mining, and the Federal Trust Responsibility on the Navajo Nation - The Indian Leader

Water is Life: Water Rights, Uranium Mining, and the Federal Trust Responsibility on the Navajo Nation - The Indian Leader

Water is life. This simple but profound truth is something Indigenous communities have always known. However, for many families across the Navajo Nation, clean and accessible water is not a daily reality. It is a crisis that has persisted for generations. The historical legacy of uranium mining, combined with a severe lack of infrastructure, has left countless Navajo families without reliable access to clean drinking water. This issue is not jus…