Hopes to fix the Santee Sioux Nation’s lack of clean drinking water faded as federal funding for a pipeline project is increasingly tangled in government turmoil. Tribal citizens are forced to drink bottled water to avoid the high levels of manganese in well water. They are just one tribe having difficulty solving problems accessing the most basic resource.
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Heather Tanana (Diné), initiative lead of the Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communities and law professor at the University of Denver
Nicole Horseherder (Navajo), executive director of Tó Nizhóní Ání
Kameron Runnels (Santee Sioux), vice chairman of the Santee Sioux Nation
Jerry Redfern, staff reporter for Capital & Main
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