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2. Native Americans sold off their water rights years ago. If the water isn't on their land, it isn't

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 02:29 PM

Oct 2021

theirs. This was done under legal and political duress, but that's what we've done. I live on the Tohono o'Odham Nation in Sells.

All the water is either private wells or water towers.

The Colorado Protocol divided the Colorado River water among six states. You can read more about it on my campaign website.

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