Podcasts Government Resources Radio Understanding Water and Energy in the Navajo Nation, with Andrew Curley

Understanding Water and Energy in the Navajo Nation, with Andrew Curley

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, midnight

In this week\u2019s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Andrew Curley, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona and a member of the Navajo Nation. Curley works on how Native nations and the US government manage water and energy resources in a complex social, political, and geographic landscape. Curley and Raimi discuss water and energy issues in the Navajo Nation where Andrew lives, and how history, politics, economics, and social factors affect the decisions that relate to the governance of these essential resources.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cOur Winters\u2019 Rights: Challenging Colonial Water Laws\u201d by Andrew Curley; https://direct.mit.edu/glep/article/19/3/57/14963/Our-Winters-Rights-Challenging-Colonial-Water-Laws\n\n\u201cFloating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait\u201d by Bathsheba Demuth; https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393635164\n\n\u201cCarbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia\u201d by Victor Seow; https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo116278398.html