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Navajo Nation On the Verge of Water Settlement

By Laurel Morales

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Cameron, AZ – About 40% of the people who live on the Navajo Nation don't have running water. That's nearly 70,000 people. The tribe has been struggling for decades to get more drinking water.

As Laurel Morales reports from the Fronteras Changing America Desk, the Navajo Nation is now on the verge of an historic agreement that will help them get a share of the Colorado River.