Records unearthed by Christian McMillen "shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river." Professor Christian McMillen's research on the Colorado River and tribal water rights was recently featured in ProPublica and High County News joint article.

High County News article: https://www.hcn.org/articles/waiting-for-water-states-opposed-tribes-access-to-the-colorado-river-70-years-ago-history-is-repeating-itself

Propublica article: https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribes-water-rights-history-repeating-itself