Fight over Water Rights in the Owens Valley | Flood in the Desert

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Fight over Water Rights in the Owens Valley | Flood in the Desert

Discover how control over natural resources in the Owens River Valley, California, first displaced the Northern Paiute Native Americans and later, a rural farming community, in these videos clips adapted from Flood in the Desert | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. While the building of the 200-mile aqueduct to bring water to Los Angeles was celebrated as an engineering marvel, it was a disaster for the residents of the Owens River Valley.

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