Shoshone-Paiute Keepers of the Earth Voices of the Wild Earth Podcast

    • Documentary

As you drive south from Mountain Home or north from Elko, 100 miles in
either direction through the vast stretches of high desert plains skirted
by the Owyhee Mountains, miles of seemingly endless fence lines, mark
cattle ranches and frame the highway. But fences suddenly disappear as you
enter the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, home to the Newa and Numa peoples
— the Western Shoshone and Paiute.

As you drive south from Mountain Home or north from Elko, 100 miles in
either direction through the vast stretches of high desert plains skirted
by the Owyhee Mountains, miles of seemingly endless fence lines, mark
cattle ranches and frame the highway. But fences suddenly disappear as you
enter the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, home to the Newa and Numa peoples
— the Western Shoshone and Paiute.