Indigenous Nations and the Right to Water: Relationships, Resources and Futures | Lecture by Heather Whiteman Runs Him

March 19, 2025
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Water flows rapidly over rocks and past riparian vegetation in Aravaipa Canyon while red rock cliffs tower in the background.

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About Heather Whiteman Runs Him

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Heather Whiteman Runs Him

Heather Whiteman Runs Him is a citizen of the Apsaalooke/Crow Nation. She is the Director of the Tribal Justice Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor at University of Arizona Rogers College of Law where she also teaches courses on tribal water rights, tribal courts, and tribal law. Before joining the Arizona Law faculty, Heather worked as an attorney at the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado, advocating for the rights of Indigenous Peoples to water, land, and self-determination and as in-house attorney for her own Tribe. She serves as a judge on the Southwestern Intertribal Court of Appeals, a member of the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Committee, a board member of the Agua Caliente Water Authority, and as a North American Representative on the Indigenous Coordinating Body on Enhanced United Nations Participation for Indigenous Peoples. 

Header image credit: Bob Wick, BLM - licensed under CC BY 2.0

  

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