Colorado River: Navajo Water Rights Settlement with Arizona
This webinar is presented free of charge.
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Days & Times
11 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
This webinar is presented free of charge.
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When the Colorado River states negotiated the 1922 Colorado River Compact, it did not include the tribes along the River, and the Navajo Nation is the largest tribe. In 2023, the Supreme Court held, in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, that Treaty of Bosque Redondo did not require the U.S. Government to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation. Since then, the Navajo Nation and two other tribes negotiated a settlement of their federal reserved water rights with Arizona and the Federal Government. They achieved a settlement less than a year later. The parties hope Congress will approve the $5 billion settlement by the end of the year. This webinar will engage the two primary parties to the settlement on the process and success of the settlement, moderated by Dividing the Waters Founder/Convener John Thorson, who served for many years as the Special Master for Arizona water rights.
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During this course, you will learn to:
- Describe the process and the broad terms for the Navajo Nation water rights settlement.
- Identify the stages when water rights litigation may be ripe for settlement, and the court may work with the parties to frame the issues for settlement.
- Structure their interim decisions on water conflicts to help lead the parties toward settlement.
Faculty:
Honorable John Thorson, Convener, Dividing the Waters
Bidtah Becker, Chief Counsel to the President, Navajo Nation
Tom Buschatzke, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources
When the Colorado River states negotiated the 1922 Colorado River Compact, it did not include the tribes along the River, and the Navajo Nation is the largest tribe. In 2023, the Supreme Court held, in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, that Treaty of Bosque Redondo did not require the U.S. Government to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation. Since then, the Navajo Nation and two other tribes negotiated a settlement of their federal reserved water rights with Arizona and the Federal Government. They achieved a settlement less than a year later. The parties hope Congress will approve the $5 billion settlement by the end of the year. This webinar will engage the two primary parties to the settlement on the process and success of the settlement, moderated by Dividing the Waters Founder/Convener John Thorson, who served for many years as the Special Master for Arizona water rights.