Editing Colorado River (section)

===Indigenous water rights===
Water rights of Native Americans in the Colorado River basin were largely ignored during the extensive water resources development carried out on the river and its tributaries in the 19th and 20th&nbsp;centuries. The construction of dams has often had negative impacts on tribal peoples, such as the Chemehuevi when their riverside lands were flooded after the completion of [[Parker Dam]] in 1938. Ten Native American tribes in the basin now hold or continue to claim water rights to the Colorado River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crwua.org/colorado-river/ten-tribes |title=Ten Tribes Partnership |publisher=Colorado River Water Resources Association |access-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104165709/http://www.crwua.org/colorado-river/ten-tribes |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The U.S. government has taken some actions to help quantify and develop the water resources of Native American reservations. The first federally funded irrigation project in the U.S. was the construction of an irrigation canal on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in 1867.<ref>{{cite web |author=Voggesser, Garrit |url=http://www.usbr.gov/history/ProjectHistories/INDIAN%20PROJECTS%20OVERVIEW.pdf |title=The Indian Projects |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |year=2001 |work=Bureau of Reclamation History Program |access-date=April 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224015718/http://www.usbr.gov/history/ProjectHistories/INDIAN%20PROJECTS%20OVERVIEW.pdf |archive-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> Other water projects include the [[Navajo Indian Irrigation Project]], authorized in 1962 for the irrigation of lands in part of the Navajo Nation in north-central New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Navajo%20Indian%20Irrigation%20Project |title=Navajo Indian Irrigation Project |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925123839/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Navajo%20Indian%20Irrigation%20Project |archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> The Navajo continue to seek expansion of their water rights because of difficulties with the water supply on their reservation; about 40&nbsp;percent of its inhabitants must haul water by truck many miles to their homes. In the 21st&nbsp;century, they have filed legal claims against the governments of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah for increased water rights. Some of these claims have been successful for the Navajo, such as a 2004 settlement in which they received a {{convert|326000|acre foot|ML|adj=on}} allotment from New Mexico.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jenkins, Matt |title=In Navajoland, a Contentious Water Deal Divides the Tribe |work=High Country News |location=Paonia, Colorado |url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/in-navajoland-a-contentious-water-deal-divides-the-tribe |date=February 21, 2011 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125015648/https://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/in-navajoland-a-contentious-water-deal-divides-the-tribe |url-status=live }}</ref>