On Thursday, Speaker Crystalyne Curley of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, accompanied by several Council Delegates and Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, hosted senior officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). … Tribal leaders urged federal officials to support the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, which is designed to resolve longstanding legal disputes and secure reliable, long-term water access for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. … Discussions also addressed the importance of reaching agreement among various Upper and Lower Basin states along the Colorado River.

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