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More than 800 Mohave Community College students are set to graduate on Friday, May 10, and a special tribal guest has been invited to speak at their commencement. Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores has been named as this year’s commencement speaker at a ceremony in Bullhead City.
Flores is the first woman in the tribe’s history to lead after her election in 2020. Since then, she’s been playing a consistent and critical role, front and center, in state and federal politics.
Last month, she signed a historic agreement alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to lease a portion of its Colorado River allocation for off-reservation use. Their tribal lands touch 90 miles of shoreline along the Colorado River.
