US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to push the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement, already rejected by Navajos, through an upcoming Lame Duck Congress, according to documents leaked to Censored News. A memo from the Navajo Nation Washington Office states there will be a meeting on Nov. 14 in Washington, between Salazar and Navajo and Hopi officials to discuss the water rights settlement. Already numerous Arizona Indian Nations have accepted “water rights settlements,” which opponents say are the theft of Indian water for the benefit of non-Indians, pushed through by non-Indian attorneys. Navajos opposing the Little Colorado River settlement say it requires the Navajo Nation to give up expansive water rights under the Winter’s Doctrine and future generations of Navajos would suffer. Navajos earlier protested the water settlement and the council rejected it. The current Interior scheme to seize Navajo and Hopi water rights involves Salazar meeting with Navajo and Hopi officials, then persuading Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl to modify the legislation that has already been rejected and then pushing it through an upcoming Lame Duck session of Congress following the elections. The Navajo Washington Office memo to Navajo officials states, "The Secretary believes that if the Tribes can come to agreement on the portions of the settlement that raised the most objections, he can convince Senator Kyl to make changes to the settlement. If the settlement can be changed there may be a window of opportunity for passage during the upcoming 'Lame Duck' Congress after the November election." The memo from the Navajo Washington Office is addressed to Navajo President Ben Shelly and Navajo Council Speaker Johnny Naize...more
Did you like that headline? So did I. Thought maybe we had something from Wikileaks.
Nope, just an excellent example of terrible journalism.
The memo cited clearly states the tribes must "come to agreement" before Salazar would approach Kyl.
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