BY LAUREL MORALES
A tribe that lives in the Grand Canyon has filed a lawsuit to protect its water. The Havasupai Tribe filed its claim in federal district court Dec. 6.
The Havasupai are worried about a growing number of wells on the Coconino Plateau that draw groundwater from the same aquifer that feeds Havasu Creek. The creek runs through Supai Village and Grand Canyon National Park.
Havasupai means “people of the blue green water.” The tribe’s chairman said the people depend on the water to live...