This story was originally published by the Arizona Mirror. In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by ...

SACATON, Arizona (AP) — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the ...

Mesa has struck an agreement with the Gila River Indian Community that will help cover potential shortages on the Colorado ...

Few places in the Southwest remain where a river still runs free. The Gila River, winding through deep canyons and cottonwood forests in the heart of America’s first designated wilderness, ...

SACATON — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian ...