The U.S. Department of the Interior is sending $1.7 billion to tribal communities as part of a plan to fulfill settlements of Indian water rights claims. The funding, allocated as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, is being hailed as a step towards reconciliation after a long history of underinvestment in tribal water infrastructure.
Tribes, including many of those in the Colorado River basin, have some of the oldest water rights in the region, but often lack the infrastructure to use th...