California Seeks Native American Help After Years of Environmental Abuse

Native people had been living in California’s Owens Valley since time immemorial when the first permanent settler arrived in 1860. More followed, and within a year, fences erected around homesteads blocked access to traditional sources of food and water.
…Native people had been living in California’s Owens Valley since time immemorial when the first permanent settler arrived in 1860. More followed, and within a year, fences erected around homesteads blocked access to traditional sources of food and water.