Colorado River water is seen on the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe Reservation.
The Indigenous perspective on the Colorado River is often overlooked. Jimmy Romo, an Indigenous Affairs reporter for KNPR in Las Vegas, has been covering what is at stake for tribes as water levels continue to decline. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Romo about his reporting.
“A big thing that we're missing sometimes in the conversation about the Colorado River is that tribes have water rights and all 30 tribes amount to about a third of that water, but still tribes are not at the negotiating table for these conservation efforts,” Romo said.
I joined Boise State Public Radio as the Indigenous Affairs Reporter and Producer for Our Living Lands, a weekly radio show that focuses on climate change and its impact on Indigenous communities. It is a collaboration between the Mountain West News Bureau, Native Public Media and Koahnic Broadcast Corporation.
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