The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation | Pretendians x Reclaimed

Pretendians

Canadaland

True Crime, Unknown, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re bringing you something a bit different: the season premiere of “Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation”.

Currently, the Navajo Nation has no guaranteed right to use the water that flows in and around their reservation. But this year, that may change — and the future of the tribe will be decided. A long-awaited settlement may be reached between the tribe, their neighboring states and the U.S. government — one that could secure an allocation of the much-contested Colorado River. This series will place the fight for water equity in its historical context, tracing back as far as the creation of the Navajo reservation in the 1800s. It will follow the journey of a Navajo journalist as she strives to understand how this historical fight ties into her family’s personal history.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Nuraz Ria, the host of Canadalands Politics Edition.
0:05.0	Hitting your feed today is a series we can't wait to tell you about,
0:10.7	made by our friends over at ABC's Houston Station, KTRK, called Reclaimed, the Lifeblood of Navajo Nation.
0:22.6	Clean drinking water is a human right as recognized by the United Nations,
0:28.5	but still, indigenous communities around the world
0:32.3	suffer from a lack of access to clean drinking water.
0:37.1	Even in so-called developed countries like Canada
0:40.3	and the United States, in this new series, Navajo journalist Charlie Ed City explores
0:47.3	a decades-long court battle on the Navajo Nation, where a third of households don't have access to clean drinking water.
0:57.3	The story here has implications for Native Americans across the U.S.,
1:02.8	but it manages to hold its deeply personal roots at the center of the narrative,
1:08.4	thanks to Ed City's fantastic reporting.
1:12.1	This is the first of four episodes ABC News will be dropping weekly.
1:18.1	Be sure to subscribe to Reclaimed, The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:30.1	I'm driving on the very edge of the Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona.
1:36.2	I-40 runs all the way along the southern boundary right through the town of Winslow.
1:42.5	The one thing that people know about Winslow
1:45.7	is the band, the Eagles.
1:48.8	So they have a line in one of their songs
1:50.6	where he says,
1:51.7	For the people who live out of corner in Winslow, Arizona,
1:55.5	such a non-side to see.
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