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Video & Article: Pima First People's Water Rights Give Hope for Better Health
Health & Wellness  (tags: Native People, Water, Water Rights, Agriculture, litigation, GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Arizona, government rations, canned food, unhealthy, fast food, diabetes, traditional farming, natural foods, community garden, diet, fats, sugar )

Alba
- 434 days ago - nytimes.com
Now, after yrs of litigation that produced the largest water-rights settlement ever in Indian country, the Pima are getting some of their water back. Will they now go back to natural farming & vegies to fight the diabetes >1/2 the tribe suffers from?
Water Rights Restored, Southwestern Tribes Hope for Health Benefits
Health & Wellness  (tags: Native Americans, water rights, farming, irrigation, diet, tradition, diabetes, fast food, Native culture, Pima, Maricopa, Tohono O’odham, New Mexico, Arizona, Gila River )

RC
- 435 days ago - nytimes.com
The Pima, Maricopa & Tohono O'odham communities in the American southwest are looking forward to using the water to farm for more traditional, natural foods, as obesity accompanied by diabetes devastates their health.
   

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