Uplift Indigenous voices and join us for a FREE Documentary Screening of PAYA: The Water Story of the Paiute + Panel Discussion of Indigenous Representatives from across the region.

Thursday, July 27, 2023 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Dockweiler Youth Center 12505 Vista Del Mar Los Angeles, CA 90293

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Dive into Paya*, the untold story of America’s longest-lived water conflict between the Owens Valley Paiute and the City of Los Angeles.

“Millennia before Los Angeles diverted the Owens River through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Paiute had constructed miles of intricate irrigation systems.

Using archival maps from 1856, the filmmakers spent four years working with Paiute elders to locate and map their remnant irrigation systems, and ultimately laying the foundation for a ‘first use’ water rights case now underway.” – Eastern Sierra Land Trust

Join Heal the Bay, the Safe Clean Water Program, and The Owens Valley Indian Water Commission for this in-person screening + moderated panel discussion of indigenous representatives from across the region.

• Teri Red Owl , Executive Director Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
• Paul Huette, Acting Chairman, Owens Valley Indian Water Commission for the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission; and
• Kyndall Noah, Communication Specialist/Project Coordinator, Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
• Annie Mendoza, Board Member, Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Land Conservancy (TTPC), PhD student, UCLA – Urban Planning
•Kimberly Morales Johnson,Vice President, Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Land Conservancy
PhD student, UC Davis – Native American Studies

Native Water Stories must be told and indigenous voices must be heard.

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