His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe’s rights to water in the Southwest, eventually securing in 2004 the largest ...

The Gila River Indian Community will get up to $233 million ... ultimately save up to 125,000 acre-feet over two years. The tribe's work will help keep nearly 2 feet of water in drought-stricken ...

It was still 115 degrees outside, so the group chose to meet in the air-conditioned lobby of Maricopa City Hall.  Students, ...

Skyline Middle School is located on the Gila River Indian Reservation near Preschool and Casa Blanca roads. On Tuesday, at 1:44 a.m., Tribal officers responded to calls about a large building ...

In the year since, the Gila River Indian Community has seen more violence across the nearly 600-square-mile reservation, prompting tribal leadership to recently seek out additional help to address the ...

On its surface, floating solar appears to conserve water while generating carbon-free electricity. River managers are ...

Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian ...

Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis walks the Gila River Interpretive Trail in the Gila River Indian Community, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Sacaton, Ariz. Lewis has leveraged the Gila River tribe's water ...

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