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In addition to the seven states along the Colorado River , Native American tribes have been involved in the negotiations over the future of the water source for 40 million people.Also involved is the government of Mexico.'It impacts Mexico because Mexico is part of the basin,' said Adriana Reséndez Maldonado, the commissioner for Mexico for the International Boundary & Water Commission.On Friday, they weighed in on the state of negotiations and what they want to see out of it.
'So if our friends and our relatives in the seven basins can come together, have consensus, we can alleviate those basic necessities of having to be in a third-world country.'Stephen Roe Lewis, the governor of the Gila River Indian Community, told the crowd that he was troubled that he was not seeing more efforts to build consensus among all the stakeholders.The negotiations between the seven states over who gets what out of the Colorado River have stalled.
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