SHIPROCK — Actress Jane Seymour visited the Navajo Nation in her role as narrator for a public television documentary about the Southwest's water crisis.
"The water problem in the American Southwest is real, and it needs to be told,'' Seymour said on camera, with the famous Shiprock pinnacle in the background.
The program, "The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?'' explores drought conditions in the Southwest and the subsequent economic toll. It is scheduled to air this fall.
Residents of the country's largest Indian reservation face water shortages. As many as 40 percent of tribal residents live without running water, said Lena Fowler, vice chairwoman of the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission.
"Our water need is basic,'' Fowler said. "We need it for drinking and bathing and sometimes we have to travel 30 miles to get it.''
Seymour called the shortage a severe crisis that affects much of the Southwest and stretches worldwide, causing much of the world's warfare.
"We need to find a responsible way to share the water,'' she said.
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