As western water leaders prepare to gather in Las Vegas, tribal leaders say they want a say in a final agreement.

The Colorado River Indian Tribes, along Arizona's western edges, would become the third Indigenous government in North America to grant a river personhood rights. The move is part of a worldwide ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes of California and Arizona voted to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a person.

Joining me were Franco, Daniel Matapi—an activist from Colombia’s Matapi and Yukuna tribes—and Mark Plotkin, director of the Amazon Conservation Team, the Virginia-based nonprofit that sponsored ...

A tribal nation has declared the Colorado River a legal person. An Indigenous leader says it reflects how her people have ...