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Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used. Access to clean water is a start.

Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used. Access to clean water is a start. December 7, 2021 By Michael Elizabeth Sakas Ignacio residents, Marcella Gomez and Bernard Candelaria fill up thier water tanks at the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s water distribution center south of Ignacio, …

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