In the dry states of the Southwest, there's a group that's been denied a basic human right.

In the Navajo Nation today, a third of our households don't have running water.

The Navajo people, the largest indigenous group in the United States, have limited access to the scarce amount of water in the region.

But that's not something they chose for themselves.

The Navajo Nation has been persistently denied true sovereignty by the U.S. government

because of the ongoing colonial relationship that we have.

I place the burden of that harm on the United States itself.

I'm Charlie Edsidy, a reporter and citizen of the Navajo Nation.

In this season of Reclaimed, I'll take you back over 100 years to when a controversial deal was

signed that would change the fate of the Navajo.

And how today, a new deal being negotiated between the tribe and its neighboring states may do it again.

We will hear an argument this morning in case 211484, Arizona versus the Navajo nation.

Can the Navajo people reclaim their right to water and contend with the government's legacy of control and neglect.

Our water, our future. That's in the next season of Reclaimed, the lifeblood of Navajo Nation.

Coming November 11th, listen wherever you get your podcasts.