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This 13 page paper discusses the history of the Hetch Hetchy Valley with emphasis on its place in Native American history. The paper seeks to persuade readers that the O’Shaughnessy Dam should be dismantled and the valley returned to its original state. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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devastated from the 1906 quake, needed the water the dam promised (Pottenger, 2005). But new studies have revealed that there were other sources available that would have made flooding Hetch
Hetchy unnecessary, and given that, efforts have begun to convince Californians to dismantle the OShaughnessy Dam. There are many convincing reasons that can be advanced for getting rid of the
dam, but this paper instead looks at something entirely different: the relationship between Native Americans and the Hetch Hetchy Valley as it was before it was flooded. Discussion A Native
American who goes by the pen name "Ahwahnee" suggests that the debate over the dam is good, because it brings all sides of the issue into the light so people
can decide on a reasonable course of action (2007). Ahwahnee is a Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute, and argues that there is an "Indian history of Hetch Hetchy" and that "it should
be remembered that before any dam was built there were Indian people who camped and lived in Hetch Hetchy Valley"-the Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes (Ahwahnee, 2007). One of the earliest
accounts that mentions Hetch Hetchy was by Joseph Walker, who entered the High Sierras in 1833; in 1850, Joseph, Nate and William Screech became the first whites to actually see
the valley (Ahwahnee, 2007). The Screeches encountered Pah Utes (Paiutes) camping in Hetch Hetchy (Ahwahnee, 2007). According to Ahwahnee, "My people would camp in Hetch Hetchy and roam the valley.
They would travel throughout the area and camp at Piute Creek, Piute Mountain and Pate Valley (which J. S. Solomon wrote was misspelled and should have been Pait Valley). They
would travel through all the Mono (Mono Paiute) trails to gather acorns, berries, seeds, roots and other foods" (Ahwahnee, 2007). The great conservationist John Muir was photographed with Paiutes;
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