Both of Matsunaga’s grandparents were incarcerated in the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona (south of Phoenix).

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/ct-nbs-northbrook-one-book-tl-1026-20231023-4wepgq4afvbr5msl2k5mhw7kqm-story.html

For example, the Gila River Indian Community will receive $50 million from the Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program in each of the next three years for improvements such as new pipelines.

Source: https://flaglerlive.com/colorado-river-tempotrary/

“I cannot meet your friend… this Gila.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/family/marriage-relationships/yankel-and-leah-chapter-11/2023/02/24/

Jun 12, 2021; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Nate Diaz during UFC 263 at Gila River Arena.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/mma/warrant-issued-nate-diaz-street-fight-new-orleans/614372

Livestock waste also the Southwest’s last free and untamed stretch of a major river—the Gila, a tributary of the Colorado River.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/29/the-beef-industry-is-destroying-the-american-west-and-worsening-the-climate-crisis/

Nygren added Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis was in attendance as Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema’s guest.

Source: https://navajotimes.com/reznews/navajo-president-attends-state-of-the-union-on-first-official-trip-to-d-c/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=navajo-president-attends-state-of-the-union-on-first-official-trip-to-d-c

On an August day outside Sacaton, the capital of the Gila River Indian Community, a construction crew was digging a trench.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/72af2b6baf511f2a?ref=ff

The announcement comes after transgender cyclist Austin Killips tookin the women’s division at the Tour of the Gila on Sunday, but makes no reference to the controversy.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/04/cycling-body-review-trans-athlete-rule-biological-man-wins-us-race/

The Gila River Indian Community is in a unique position to participate.”

Source: https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-04-06/arizona-tribe-will-receive-millions-in-federal-payouts-for-water-conservation

Those efforts bore fruit last week when the Gila River Indian Community announced a landmark conservation deal with the federal government, agreeing to leave a huge chunk of its water in Lake Mead for three years.

Source: https://grist.org/indigenous/colorado-river-arizona-tribes-wategila-river-conservation-deal-biden/