Water is power on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation, but for the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes, control over that resource has long been out of reach. Decades of legal battles have left non-Native irrigators in charge of much of the water, and climate change is making access even more precarious.
Now, as political forces push to transfer even more water infrastructure off tribal land, the tribes are fighting back. With snowpack dwindling and drought intensifying, they see water sovereignty as key to their survival.
**Why does this matter in Minot?** Water, water, water—it’s shaped humanity’s past, and it will define our future. We share these stories because water is easy to take for granted, but that would be a mistake. Get the full, in-depth story from Wyo File that was originally produced by Inside Climate News.
