Justices grapple over Navajo water rights, government’s duty to tribe

Navajo President Boo Niglen stands behind Navajo code talker Peter McDonald in a wheelchair outside the Supreme Court as judges challenge tribes to federal treatment of their water rights. was inquired. (Photo credit: Alexis Waiss/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices on Monday approached government lawyers on the allegation that a treaty placing the Navajo […]