The Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources digital collection represents the authentic partnerships that were formed in 2019 between the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR) and the University of Arizona’s Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, and James E. Rogers College of Law; and, beginning in 2022, the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC). In response to the Navajo Nation’s formal directive and priorities for their NNDWR Library, these dedicated partners have collaborated to ensure that the rich history and vibrant stories of the Navajo Nation are preserved for and made available to current and future generations of Indigenous and non-indigenous people, communities, groups, educational institutions, agencies, and organizations.
Digitization is ongoing and this collection will continue to grow. Resources will span the years 1938-2009 and comprise portions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah in the southwestern United States. The specified segment includes reports, serials, government documents, research, data, policies, assessments, histories, and fold-out maps.
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The creators of these works include NNDWR, members of the Navajo Nation, state and federal agencies, consultants, engineers, universities, researchers, hydrologists, and conservationists.
This project is supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation.