![Felicia Fonseca A windmill draws water for livestock in Leupp, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, Saturday, March 9, 2024. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/344f2894ea8d43c08bf88d5ffff74b2c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A windmill draws water for livestock in Leupp, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, Saturday, March 9, 2024. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
![Ross D. Franklin FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are pictured, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5a453841a51f4cb0a437de5f32708795/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are pictured, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
![Felicia Fonseca A windmill draws water for livestock in Leupp, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, Saturday, March 9, 2024. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4412f6b5d10c43c8a17df24fd58a1c18/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A windmill draws water for livestock in Leupp, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, Saturday, March 9, 2024. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
![Felicia Fonseca Navajo Attorney General Ethel Branch discusses a water rights settlement in the works for the tribe, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Leupp, Ariz. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/378d9eb31d4e47eeb1f3f5fa7c59e068/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Navajo Attorney General Ethel Branch discusses a water rights settlement in the works for the tribe, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Leupp, Ariz. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
![Felicia Fonseca FILE - A train travels along a bridge that goes over the Little Colorado River in Winslow, Ariz., Feb. 4, 2022. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7e7a362adc7f4feb918e26f5a39de936/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A train travels along a bridge that goes over the Little Colorado River in Winslow, Ariz., Feb. 4, 2022. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)