A US$5-billion deal could finally bring running water to many in the Navajo nation who have never had it

Open this photo in gallery:The Colorado River in the upper River Basin in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021.Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press
A half-century ago, when Geneva Benally was a girl growing up on Navajo land, she would sometimes play …Open this photo in gallery:The Colorado River in the upper River Basin in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021.Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press
A half-century ago, when Geneva Benally was a girl growing up on Navajo land, she would sometimes play …