AZ Humanities: Climate Conversations – Who Has Access? Water and Life along the Colorado River

Access to water is essential for communities across Arizona. Climate change and drought are worsening water issues in the Southwest, especially for many living on the Navajo Nation. How are past water laws, current policies, and recent Supreme Court decisions shaping water rights today? Who has water, and who does not? Join us for a Q&A conversation about tribal water rights and environmental justice with Cora Tso, attorney with Western Resource Advocates. We will talk about the importance of water to life and health for communities on the Navajo Nation, and potential solutions to water inequity.

This livestream program is part of the Climate Conversations series hosted by Arizona Humanities.

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Cora Tso is the outdoor equity attorney for the Western lands team at Western Resource Advocates. As an environmental law and policy expert, she works to preserve natural landscapes, promote outdoor equity, and ensure sustainable access to public lands and waters in the West. Previously, she served as an attorney candidate in the Water Rights Unit at the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, where she helped to secure and protect the Nation’s water rights claims across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Tso is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She is of the Reed People clan and born for the Black Streaked Wood clan. Her maternal grandparents are of the Bitterwater clan and her paternal grandparents are of the Red House clan. She was born and raised on the Navajo reservation and is originally from Shonto, Arizona.