For decades, the tribe’s annual Pinenut Festival and blessing has been held the third week of September the month the rabbitbrush turns yellow and it’s time to harvest. But now the weather and the seasons are different, says Andrea Martinez, the chair of the Walker River Paiute Tribe.
A Nevada man was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years after being convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend on a tribal reservation nearly three years ago.
Ideally, the mouth of a river should be narrow and deep. But sediment buildup makes the delta in Pyramid Lake too shallow and wide to protect spawning fish from opportunistic predators.