Anna V. Smith
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Anna V. Smith is an associate editor for the High Country News Indigenous affairs desk.
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As it negotiates water rights with tribes, Arizona goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development, according to a ProPublica and High Country News investigation.