Reimagining Payahuunadü: An Indigenous Water and Land History of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Sophia Borgias

Reimagining Payahuunadü: An Indigenous Water and Land History of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California

University of Arizona

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Abstract

 Payahuunadü is Paiute for the Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra region of California. Payahuunadü means "land of the flowing water".
 
 Payahuunadü has been the home to the Paiute and Shoshone people since time immemorial. This is the story of their fight for environmental justice.

Original language	American English
State	Published - May 2019
Externally published	Yes

EGS Disciplines

Environmental Studies
Geography

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