Anya Steinberg

And so I, I mean, I spent like an hour with him that day, just grilling him on this hike that we went on, uh, which kudos to him because hiking is And talking is a whole other can of worms, and he was a very good sport about that.

So I met him on this hike, and then we arranged to meet up later that week so that he could show me some traces of his ancestors, these ancient irrigation ditches that exist all over the valley that Paiute and Shoshone people used to irrigate the valley before the Los Angeles Aqueduct existed.

So I met him on this hike, and then we arranged to meet up later that week so that he could show me some traces of his ancestors, these ancient irrigation ditches that exist all over the valley that Paiute and Shoshone people used to irrigate the valley before the Los Angeles Aqueduct existed.

So I met him on this hike, and then we arranged to meet up later that week so that he could show me some traces of his ancestors, these ancient irrigation ditches that exist all over the valley that Paiute and Shoshone people used to irrigate the valley before the Los Angeles Aqueduct existed.

And that was exactly my experience. I went on this hike with him and I was being skeptical about what I would see. And at first on the hike, I honestly didn't get it. He kept pointing out these things and he was like, this is a ditch. And I was like, what are we looking at? I kept having to have him describe or literally go stand where he was talking about. This is the middle of the ditch.

And that was exactly my experience. I went on this hike with him and I was being skeptical about what I would see. And at first on the hike, I honestly didn't get it. He kept pointing out these things and he was like, this is a ditch. And I was like, what are we looking at? I kept having to have him describe or literally go stand where he was talking about. This is the middle of the ditch.

And that was exactly my experience. I went on this hike with him and I was being skeptical about what I would see. And at first on the hike, I honestly didn't get it. He kept pointing out these things and he was like, this is a ditch. And I was like, what are we looking at? I kept having to have him describe or literally go stand where he was talking about. This is the middle of the ditch.

And I was like, okay. I think I see it. But as we kept going on this walk, it started to click into place for me. And I could see these ditches are sometimes very deep and well-preserved. And sometimes they're just like this faint whisper on the land almost, which is almost cooler to me that he can pick this out and that this has been mapped out by him and others from the tribe. Yeah.

And I was like, okay. I think I see it. But as we kept going on this walk, it started to click into place for me. And I could see these ditches are sometimes very deep and well-preserved. And sometimes they're just like this faint whisper on the land almost, which is almost cooler to me that he can pick this out and that this has been mapped out by him and others from the tribe. Yeah.

And I was like, okay. I think I see it. But as we kept going on this walk, it started to click into place for me. And I could see these ditches are sometimes very deep and well-preserved. And sometimes they're just like this faint whisper on the land almost, which is almost cooler to me that he can pick this out and that this has been mapped out by him and others from the tribe. Yeah.

But it was just crazy to see like once the ditch starts to like pop out of the landscape at you, how they like turn and swoop, the kind of the engineering that was created to move the water without any sort of like pumping power machinery. It's very it is in a way reminiscent of the L.A. Aqueduct itself because the L.A. Aqueduct is runs on on gravity. There's no pumps.

But it was just crazy to see like once the ditch starts to like pop out of the landscape at you, how they like turn and swoop, the kind of the engineering that was created to move the water without any sort of like pumping power machinery. It's very it is in a way reminiscent of the L.A. Aqueduct itself because the L.A. Aqueduct is runs on on gravity. There's no pumps.

But it was just crazy to see like once the ditch starts to like pop out of the landscape at you, how they like turn and swoop, the kind of the engineering that was created to move the water without any sort of like pumping power machinery. It's very it is in a way reminiscent of the L.A. Aqueduct itself because the L.A. Aqueduct is runs on on gravity. There's no pumps.

So I feel like similar ideas were going on when the Paiute and Shoshone people designed their irrigation ditches. As a former environmental science major in college, I was really like nerding out about how they manipulated and used this water in a way that like change the landscape to their betterment and also like fed into the natural water cycle of the valley.

So I feel like similar ideas were going on when the Paiute and Shoshone people designed their irrigation ditches. As a former environmental science major in college, I was really like nerding out about how they manipulated and used this water in a way that like change the landscape to their betterment and also like fed into the natural water cycle of the valley.

So I feel like similar ideas were going on when the Paiute and Shoshone people designed their irrigation ditches. As a former environmental science major in college, I was really like nerding out about how they manipulated and used this water in a way that like change the landscape to their betterment and also like fed into the natural water cycle of the valley.

You know, the water, the snow would melt off the mountains and run through these ditches across the valley. And all the while they're irrigating the land. So there's, it's not like irrigation, like we grow corn in these massive rows. It was more just like soaking water into various parts of the land so that flora and fauna would grow, trees, grasses, and animals would come.

You know, the water, the snow would melt off the mountains and run through these ditches across the valley. And all the while they're irrigating the land. So there's, it's not like irrigation, like we grow corn in these massive rows. It was more just like soaking water into various parts of the land so that flora and fauna would grow, trees, grasses, and animals would come.

You know, the water, the snow would melt off the mountains and run through these ditches across the valley. And all the while they're irrigating the land. So there's, it's not like irrigation, like we grow corn in these massive rows. It was more just like soaking water into various parts of the land so that flora and fauna would grow, trees, grasses, and animals would come.

Animals that you could eat, like plants that you could eat would grow. And then, you know, the water soaks through the ground and recharges the water table. And so that is like how the water cycle works. It cycles through the landscape. So it was very, very cool to see