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Paiute People Adapt Traditions to Modern-Day Gardens

The Big Pine Paiute Tribe revisits the irrigation traditions of their ancestors.

Aired 11/24/2019 | Rating NR

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Paiute People Adapt Traditions to Modern-Day Gardens

Clip: 11/24/2019 | 5m 11sVideo has Closed Captions

The Big Pine Paiute Tribe revisits the irrigation traditions of their ancestors.

Joseph Miller, a member of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe, describes how a plot of land has been transformed into a park, community garden, farmers market and an irrigation demonstration project. Working with the natural contour lines of the land, they have run ditches and made a berm to help water flow slowly into a water retention swell.

Aired 11/24/2019 | Rating NR

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