Hey, Joad listeners. We're sharing something special this week, an episode of the podcast

Reclaimed. Its latest season centers on a group of Americans who've been denied a basic human right,

water. I'm talking about the Navajo people. More than one third of households in the Navajo

nation do not have access to clean water. Right now, there's a landmark bill in front of

Congress that could change that, but it took more than 150 years to get here. Reclaimed takes

you back to the very beginning when the Navajo

reservation was first created. And it reveals the history of oppression and exclusion that

led the Navajo to this point and why their future is still uncertain. Okay, here comes the

preview. You can listen to more episodes of Reclaimed wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm driving on the very edge of the Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona.

I-40 runs all the way along the southern boundary, right through the town of Winslow.

The one thing that people know about Winslow is the band The Eagles.

So there you have a line in one of their songs where he says,

"...standing on a corner in of Windlow, Arizona,

such a non-side to see.

For the people who live out here,

and me,

we know Winslow as a border town,

even though it's not between countries

or even between states.

And for many heading on to the reservation, it's the last stop before home.

I'm Charlie Edsity.

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