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Garnett Querta wipes sweat from his head while hauling water on the Hualapai reservation. The water pulled from the ground will be piped to Grand Canyon West. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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The Hualapai: Another Colorado basin tribe without water rights
Native American tribes in the Colorado River basin have inherent rights to the water, but the amount and access for a dozen tribes hasn’t been fully resolved for decades

Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed.

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press September 20, 2022