Top Interior officials reassure tribes Trump administration supports their water rights
This week, the nonprofit Native American Rights Fund hosted its biennial tribal water symposium in partnership with the Western States Water Council. It’s been a tradition since 1991, but this year’s daylong gathering was virtual. The online forum brought together tribal, state and federal stakeholders to focus on Indian water settlements – past and present – and the negotiations needed for them to be ratified by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Top-ranking Interior Department officials took time to reassure tribes that the Trump administration is behind them – despite recent staffing cuts and Congress clawing back federal dollars.
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