Attorney General supporting Hualapai Tribe in case to protect critical water supply
PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes has announced the filing of an amicus brief in support of the Hualapai Tribe’s request for a preliminary injunction in Hualapai Indian Tribe v. Haaland and Arizona Lithium, Ltd. The amicus brief urges the court to take action to protect Arizona’s water resources from potentially irreversible damage posed by exploratory drilling near the Hualapai Tribe’s sacred spring, Ha’Kamwe’. “The sacred Ha’Kamwe’ spring has sustained the Hualapai people for generations, and its protection is critical for the Tribe,” said Attorney General Mayes. “The failure to properly evaluate the impact of this project on such an important water…
