Owens Valley Paiute
Clip: Season 34 Episode 3 | 55s
The Paiute people built sophisticated irrigation canals to channel water in California.
The Native inhabitants—the Paiute people of the Owens Valley territory in what is now the State of California built sophisticated irrigation canals to channel water runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Owens Valley Paiute
Clip: Season 34 Episode 3 | 55s
The Native inhabitants—the Paiute people of the Owens Valley territory in what is now the State of California built sophisticated irrigation canals to channel water runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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