Water-Rich Gila River Tribe Near Phoenix Flexes Its Political Muscles in a Drying West SACATON, Arizona (AP) — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table ...

In the year since, the Gila River Indian Community has seen more violence across the nearly 600-square-mile reservation, prompting tribal leadership to recently seek out additional help to address the ...

On its surface, floating solar appears to conserve water while generating carbon-free electricity. River managers are ...

Lewis has leveraged the Gila River tribe's water abundance to help Arizona and others at a critical time, making his tribe a power player in the parched region. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ...

His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe’s rights to water in the Southwest, eventually securing in 2004 the largest ...

His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe’s rights to water in the Southwest, eventually securing in 2004 the largest ...

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 ...

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