![Petition of 87,000 signatures opposing Big Canyon dam project sent to developer](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LCR_big_canyon_credit_EcoFlight.jpg?resize=884%2C590&ssl=1)
![Petition of 87,000 signatures opposing Big Canyon dam project sent to developer](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LCR_big_canyon_credit_EcoFlight.jpg?resize=884%2C590&ssl=1)
![US Supreme Court denies water rights to Navajo Nation](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/colorado-river-ap-2023-06-22.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
US Supreme Court denies water rights to Navajo Nation
Here is a link to a PDF copy of the US Supreme Court decision denying water rights to the Navajo Nation.
The Colorado River flows adjacent to families that have lived in drought conditions for generations.
![New documentary: Grand Canyon is home to Native people](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Voices_group_c_Deidra_Peaches.jpg?resize=1080%2C628&ssl=1)
New documentary: Grand Canyon is home to Native people
As Grand Canyon National Park prepares to celebrate its 104th anniversary on Feb. 26, a new 12-minute film, “Voices of the Grand Canyon” debuts.
![Feds formally stop proposal to dam up part of Little Colorado River](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_30691.jpg?resize=990%2C675&ssl=1)
Feds formally stop proposal to dam up part of Little Colorado River
The federal government is finally closing the door on two proposed dams on the Little Colorado River in western Navajo Nation. But another effort to dam up Big Canyon remains alive.
![Five Years Ago: Remembering a Victory to Save the Land and its People](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Pages-from-Escalade-Victory-Report-updated.jpg?resize=884%2C675&ssl=1)
Five Years Ago: Remembering a Victory to Save the Land and its People
Oct. 31, 2017, marked one of the most important victories this century for Navajo, Hopi and other indigenous people who call the area near the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers both home and sacred.
![Grand Canyon Trust Intern learns about tribes, threats to their sacred sites](https://i0.wp.com/savetheconfluence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/overflight_group3.jpg?resize=884%2C560&ssl=1)
Grand Canyon Trust Intern learns about tribes, threats to their sacred sites
I met with tribes along the Grand Canyon and Little Colorado River. Each had its own cultural emergence stories that connect them to the canyon and river.