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The Giant and the Waterbaby

Author(s) -

William J. Bauer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

boom

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2153-764X

pISSN - 2153-8018

DOI - 10.1525/boom.2012.2.4.104

Subject(s) - cognitive reframing , indigenous , interpretation (philosophy) , identity (music) , history , consciousness , oral history , ethnology , geography , political science , archaeology , aesthetics , epistemology , art , philosophy , psychology , linguistics , social psychology , ecology , biology

This paper uses Owens Valley Paiute oral traditions to tell and interpret the Owens Valley Water Wars. Paiute oral traditions detail their identity, historical consciousness, and offer an Indigenous interpretation of the Water Wars. They reframe the time period of the Water Wars, identify new antagonists and considers how the Water Wars affected Paiute women. In the end, this paper demonstrates the importance of using Indigenous systems of knowledge to understand California's history.

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