{"id":39497,"date":"2022-05-20T10:42:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T17:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39497"},"modified":"2022-05-23T14:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:53:50","slug":"upending-the-wests-water-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/upending-the-wests-water-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Upending the West\u2019s Water Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3068091413\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.20.2022 &#8211;<\/strong> Andrew Curley is a professor at the University of Arizona\u2019s School of Geography, Development &amp; Environment. His research focuses on the \u201ceveryday incorporation of Indigenous nations into colonial economies\u201d including fossil fuel development in the U.S. Southwest and creation of the Central Arizona Project off the Colorado River. In conversation with correspondent Laura Paskus, he talks about how the Colorado River\u2019s crisis far predates climate change and challenges the narrative of climate apocalypse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong> Laura Paskus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong> Andrew Curley, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development &amp; Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/indigenous-affairs-water-contested-water-settlements-inflamed-the-navajo-nations-health-crisis\"><em>Contested Water Settlements Inflamed the Navajo Nation\u2019s Health Crisis<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 High Country N<\/em>ews<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0263775821991537\"><em>Infrastructures as colonial beachheads: The Central Arizona Project and the taking of Navajo resources<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 Andrew Curley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/direct.mit.edu\/glep\/article\/19\/3\/57\/14963\/Our-Winters-Rights-Challenging-Colonial-Water-Laws\"><em>\u201cOur Winters\u2019 Rights\u201d: Challenging Colonial Water Laws<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 Andrew Curley<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.20.2022 &#8211; Andrew Curley is a professor at the University of Arizona\u2019s School of Geography, Development &amp; Environment. 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