The Times podcast: Colorado River in Crisis, Part 4: The Tribe

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Fort Mojave, Arizona-Sept. 9, 2022-Linda Otero, a member of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, teaches young people about their heritage including the importance of the Colorado River and nature. Fort Mojave Indian Reservation owns land along the Colorado River, which is essential to their heritage and survival. They use the water for agriculture, provide water for their residents along with other residents of the area, and use the water for recreation. The Avi Casino and golf course was build along the river. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Fort Mojave Indian Reservation owns land along the Colorado River, which is essential to their heritage and survival. They use the water for agriculture, provide water for their residents along with other residents of the area, and use the water for recreation. The Avi Casino and golf course was build along the river. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Linda Otero, a member of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, teaches young people about their heritage including the importance of the Colorado River and nature. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

For over a century, Native American tribes along the Colorado River have seen other entities take water that had nourished them since time immemorial. With the depletion of this vital source for the American West, Indigenous leaders see an opening to right a historical wrong.

Today, we check in on one tribe doing just that. Read the full transcript here.

Host: The Times senior producer Kasia Broussalian

Guest: L.A. Times water reporter Ian James

More reading:

Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 1: A Dying River

Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 2: The Source

Inside the water crisis: A journey across the Colorado River Basin

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.