Shasta Dam threatens the Middle Water People

March 15, 2016
Shasta Dam in 2009. A plan to raise the dam's water level will wipe out Native American land. (Photo credit: Apaliwal, Wikimedia Commons)

Shasta Dam in 2009. A plan to raise the dam’s water level will wipe out Native American land. (Photo credit: Apaliwal, Wikimedia Commons)

Raising the height of Shasta Dam means a 13 percent growth in California’s Shasta Lake.

This supposed solution to create more freshwater resource for farms and cities will wipe out 40 ancestral sites of the Winnemem Wintu Native American tribe.

Trying to irrigate the state’s future threatens a people’s culture and past.

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As a fish-brain surgeon or a rodeo poem wrangler, I have loved stories. I strongly believe that words – in poetry or prose – help heal our hearts and give us new eyes to see the world. I was first a research psychologist studying brain development at the University of Minnesota and London University before following my passion – writing for children. Learn more...