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  2. Owens Lake - Wikipedia

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    Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Lone Pine . Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province that have been dry for thousands of years, Owens held significant water until 1913, when much of the Owens River was diverted ...

  3. Bishop Paiute Tribe - Wikipedia

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    The Bishop Paiute Tribe, formerly known as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony [2] is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians of the Owens Valley, in Inyo County of eastern California. [1] As of 2022, the United States census showed the Bishop Paiute Tribe's population at 1,914. [3]

  4. Bishop, California - Wikipedia

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    Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is the most populous and only incorporated city in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley within the Mojave Desert , at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). [ 4 ]

  5. Owens Valley - Wikipedia

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    Owens Valley (Mono: PayahÇ–Ç–nadÇ–, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada , west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains , and is split between the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert . [ 2 ]

  6. Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley - Wikipedia

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    Location of Big Pine Reservation. The Big Pine Reservation was established in 1912 and is 279 acres (1.13 km 2) large, located along US 395 in the high desert town of Big Pine, California. Much of the area houses were built by the Indian Housing Authority. There is a school, with classes from kindergarten to 12th grade adjacent to the reservation.

  7. File:Owens River Gorge - Bishop, California.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Owens River - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous name for the river was Wakopee, while they called Owens Lake Pacheta. [22] In the upper Owens Valley lie traces of some of California's first irrigation systems, created by Paiute groups to water small patches of crops. It is believed that native people in the upper portion of the valley once built dams across the Owens River ...

  9. Big Pine, California - Wikipedia

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    Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop. [3] Its population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census. The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation bases their tribal headquarters there.

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