Nevada's Pyramid Lake Problem Explained

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    Pyramid Lake, located in Nevada and a key feature of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's ancestral land, has been at the center of environmental and cultural challenges for decades. The lake, part of the Great Basin, relies on the Truckee River for its water supply, but upstream diversions to support agriculture and urban areas have dramatically reduced its water levels. Beginning in the early 20th century, the construction of the Derby Dam redirected much of the Truckee River's flow to nearby Lahontan Reservoir, leading to ecological imbalances. This caused a significant decline in the population of native species like the Lahontan cutthroat trout and cui-ui sucker fish, both critical to the Paiute Tribe's culture and subsistence. Legal battles over water rights have ensued for decades, with the tribe fighting to restore flows to the lake and protect its ecological health. Pyramid Lake's story highlights the broader challenges of balancing water use for agriculture, urban growth, and environmental preservation in the arid American West.
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  • @ITSHISTORY
    @ITSHISTORY  หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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  • @WilliamsThomas-d3m
    @WilliamsThomas-d3m 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +86

    I worked in Reno and had a trailer out at Pyramid Lake for over three years. The place is sacred ground. You can feel it out there. The lake looks different every single day. An amazing place. The rocks contain many faces.

    • @Mike_Y.
      @Mike_Y. 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @WilliamsThomas-d3m my uncles would take me there as a kid in the 90s. It is amazing. Some old mines in the hills and the bulls and cows roaming around. The donation pole at the entrance. I remember the shore being a bed of tiny rocks. Great times.

    • @MrBTBusch
      @MrBTBusch 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      3yrs, sweet

  • @H0lland0ates79
    @H0lland0ates79 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    I am a third generation displaced Paiute living in California. I have visited this lake several times in my life and always felt an odd connection to the land there. Didn’t start my rediscovery journey til recently and discovered this lake was/is a sacred place for my people and very significant in my personal history. Thanks for covering it with respect 👏

  • @Apollyon-er4ut
    @Apollyon-er4ut 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +54

    Long time resident of the area. My grandmother was born in nearby Lassen county in 1896 (her family coming in 1861). She remembered as a child the Pyramid band would bring buckboards with dried/salted fish to trade for goods peculiar to the white farmers in the valley. This would have been about the time the dam was built.

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Do you mean great Grandmother?

    • @ChristapherPotter
      @ChristapherPotter 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I probably know of your grandmother, my family's been out here since around that same time

    • @Apollyon-er4ut
      @Apollyon-er4ut 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@RedRoseSeptember22 No, my mom was a "whoops", my grandmothers was in her mid or late 40s when my mom was born in 1939. And, I'm old.

    • @MaryEmerson-c2j
      @MaryEmerson-c2j 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Apollyon-er4ut 💗💗💗

    • @randmayfield5695
      @randmayfield5695 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @Apollyon-er4ut I was born and raised in Sparks. My dad was born in the mining town of Johnsville, California (a 50 mile drive from Reno) in 1898. He was 56 when they had me, and my mom was 22 years younger than he was. We spent lots of time out at the lake. Being a pharmacist and owner of a drug store, my dad and I would make delivery runs out to Nixon every couple of weeks. In the late 50's and all through the 60's and 70's, it was a bleak time for the lake as it was shrinking drastically because of the Derby dam off routing of the Truckee River water.

  • @bikepackingnv
    @bikepackingnv 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    Well done! It was a blast to see my photos in the intro. Thanks for the credits.

  • @jadedrealist
    @jadedrealist 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    Thank you for including the history of the native people in a thoughtful way.

  • @csummers9808
    @csummers9808 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +45

    Your image at 0:48 is of Pyramid Lake in Southern California, just north of Los Angeles and Castaic Lake. It caught my attention as I have lived in SoCal and have gone to that lake, but grew up in Northern Nevada and visited Pyramid Lake in Nevada many times.

    • @valeriegoldstein3483
      @valeriegoldstein3483 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@csummers9808 correct, I am from Reno and Pyramid Lake has no green trees or forested mountains and the pyramids are sharp, steep rocks, not green islands

    • @sambonnett5721
      @sambonnett5721 24 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @csummers9808 also note that lots of stock footage was used, there were slides of Fort Churchill in Lyon County, Virginia City, Bodie, Grimes point near fallon and many others. All decidedly not of Pyramid lake itself. The mine shaft shown is off of hwy 95 south of Beatty, NV nearly 400 miles from the lake.

  • @seanpatrickpearson
    @seanpatrickpearson 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +142

    I'm from Reno right outside Pyramid Lake , growing up we heard about water babies who would drag victims back to the water!!!!!!!

    • @nl3064
      @nl3064 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Same here, also in Reno. Been out to the lake once, saw the rock across the way.

    • @Thejeepcalledred5
      @Thejeepcalledred5 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Don't forget to check the toilet at night!! The water babies are in the pipes 😂 I remember my dad used to say that to me.

    • @nl3064
      @nl3064 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@Thejeepcalledred5 That's terrifying.

    • @gehtdianschasau8372
      @gehtdianschasau8372 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Thejeepcalledred5 that is some really F**ked up parenting.

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      A way of life based on superstition is not as wonderful as some imagine.

  • @Electriceye1984bySam
    @Electriceye1984bySam 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    You have brought yet another location I knew nothing of, thanks!👍🏻

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Glad to hear it!

    • @HODDIE-69
      @HODDIE-69 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      🤣

    • @neodark414
      @neodark414 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Definitely worth a visit!

  • @drDeFF-ub5qt
    @drDeFF-ub5qt 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    My semi broke down in reno so rented a jeep and toured around here ,it was during the big lake Tahoe fire . So very smokey and erie. Awesome place.

    • @Jaded7981
      @Jaded7981 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@drDeFF-ub5qt Which big Lake Tahoe fire? There have been many.

    • @drDeFF-ub5qt
      @drDeFF-ub5qt 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Jaded7981 the last one

  • @TurboTimTravels
    @TurboTimTravels 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Live 30min from here. It’s a fantastic spot to check out, fish, and camp. Lucky to have it and Tahoe at my back door.

    • @ReVolt_e-Vlogs
      @ReVolt_e-Vlogs 16 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, I live i Reno, & it's so great to walk out my front door & be able to ride to the Truckee River or the Sierra's in a matter of minutes!

  • @kenthresh3350
    @kenthresh3350 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    When I was young and traveling with my mother from our home to the SF Bay Area we would pass Pyramid Lake on the way to catch Hwy. 80 in Sparks. Sometimes she would stop so I could wade out as far as I could. It never got very deep where we stopped and I could go a long way out.

  • @MrGaryGG48
    @MrGaryGG48 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Thanks Ryan, for your very informative narration. I've been by there but didn't know enough about it to pull my truck off the highway and look around. I'll have to grab my camera bag and go back maybe this next spring. I've traveled through all 50 states several times and there's always stories and local history that makes your stop worthwhile.

  • @chiinadoll8
    @chiinadoll8 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    "Mistreated" is such a grossly understated way to describe what they did to those women.

    • @niteshades_promise
      @niteshades_promise 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      thats censorship and political correctness. you cant teach history and all its horrors if its censored. 🍻

    • @desireeespinosa3954
      @desireeespinosa3954 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Amen

    • @easterplatypi
      @easterplatypi 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Yup, TH-cam’s monetization policy has spawned an entire new batch of euphemisms.

    • @SuperDave-vj9en
      @SuperDave-vj9en 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      TH-cam will throw you in TH-cam jail if you’re not careful. I’ve been there several times and not being let out for extended periods of time. It’s a shame that you can’t call a spade a spade!

    • @danodonnell7218
      @danodonnell7218 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@niteshades_promise the left loves to rewrite history 😭

  • @ginevragali2981
    @ginevragali2981 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Visiting Pyramid lake as a child, I was fascinated by the “sand” which consisted of millions of tiny snail shells. Ever since then, I’ve sought to learn everything I could about the wealth of fossil history we have here in California!

    • @MrBTBusch
      @MrBTBusch 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Geologist?

  • @ahm.j1148
    @ahm.j1148 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    I almost drowned here when I was younger, it was quite a weird experience. I was walking around the shore when I fell into what seemed like a hole in the water. Luckily, my older cousin grabbed my arm and pulled me up.

    • @thejollygreendragon8394
      @thejollygreendragon8394 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Be the water babies. apparently

    • @BenignComrade
      @BenignComrade 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Drop offs are very common here. Some years ago there was a child and their parents that all drowned falling off one while taking a walk together. Strong undercurrents are prevalent around the lake as well. Beautiful area, but deserves respect. I am glad to know you are safe

    • @SuperDave-vj9en
      @SuperDave-vj9en 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      My three year old son almost drowned when he went under in one of those holes. The babysitter that was supposed to be watching him wasn’t paying attention when he went under. We fished around for him for sometime before finally locating him. He threw up a lot of water before coming around!

    • @NorthernGraser
      @NorthernGraser 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ahm.j1148 , what is left of Pyramid Lake and used to be a landlocked sea is in the middle of a mountain range. Just like the areas of dry land here in Reno, the water covered areas have large crevices that can drop hundreds to thousands of feet down.

    • @sambonnett5721
      @sambonnett5721 12 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Being high in alkalinity, the lake has columns of cold, fresher water rising to the surface and these do not easily mix with the warmer saltier water near the surface. As mentioned above the lake has many steep drop offs that exaggerate this effect. It's not unusual when swimming in the warm and buoyant salt water, to be overcome or even shocked by the cold fresh water that can easily overwhelm you.

  • @wcbibb
    @wcbibb 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I was born in Reno during the late '40s. My father was a physician who performed medical services on the reservation. We'd drive out there from Reno. I was born at St. Mary's Hospital on the Truckee River. Dr. Whig was not available, so my father delivered me. He signed my birth certificate. There were only two physicians in Reno at that time.

  • @bilbojenkins5276
    @bilbojenkins5276 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    Keep doing more stuff on NV! Love it!

    • @richardscott982
      @richardscott982 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bilbojenkins5276 love the name! 🤣

  • @KJensenStudio
    @KJensenStudio 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    I wonder if the Paiutes want to get rid of this dam? There is now a precedent for that with the Klamath River, as the local tribes got that dam removed after a long legal fight. This year saw the first salmon run in about 100 years or so. Tenacity and lawyers worked for them.

    • @SuperDave-vj9en
      @SuperDave-vj9en 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      We can only hope so. However, the farmers who control Derby Damn will not relinquish their water rights come hell or high water! Therefore the larger trout can no longer spawn upstream.

    • @williamkreth
      @williamkreth 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I am so excited to see that dam gone on the Klamath river ! I am visiting it this summer ! My family and I used to hunt around iron gate reservoir, which is the dam that is being removed ! Can't wait to see it ! I hope the water runs clear again one day like the beautiful Smith river in Northern California

    • @KJensenStudio
      @KJensenStudio 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@williamkreth I see that as certainly possible!

    • @sambonnett5721
      @sambonnett5721 5 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Eliminating irrigation water from making it to the Fallon area would destroy it, economically. The derby dam doesn't come close to the size or the impact of that of the kalamath. We need to see improved fish ladders on the truckee, not the removal of the dam. The Kalamath flows from the pacific and is one of the most important Salmon habitats in the world. The truckee flows from tahoe and drains to Pyramid where there is no outlet, let's not compare the two.

  • @JamieAug
    @JamieAug 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I was born and raised in Sparks/Reno. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've been to Pyramid Lake with family and friends. My cousin and I would find a secluded spot and skinny dip. The water was so warm. There's hot springs, too. Good times.

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Reminds me of the old joke around there, Reno is so close to he!! you can see Sparks.

  • @thehunterkirsch
    @thehunterkirsch 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I’ve been here a lot as a kid. It has a feeling when you’re there it’s calm and silent. Very interesting. Never felt that feeling anywhere but there

  • @klbriceno1
    @klbriceno1 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I live in the area and have gone to Pyramid lake since I was a child.. I love the way it feels out there. It just feels "special" I can't explain it.

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I know what you mean. Pyramid's little brother, Walker Lake gives off that same feeling, at least it used to. Since all the fish died and the birds don't stop there anymore, it's different.

  • @joshjones12
    @joshjones12 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Born and raised in reno, Pyramid is our party lake. We all know the native lore about it, such a cool place! The fact that it’s connect to lake Tahoe through the Truckee river is crazy. Legend has it, the mob would dump bodies in Tahoe and they would show up in Pyramid lake. Some say there are tunnels from Tahoe to Pyramid that go under the Sierra Nevadas like an underground river

  • @OGRocker1
    @OGRocker1 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Cool, I used to drive my big truck by there all the time on my way to load sheetrock in Empire... Nice to hear the history of the area.

  • @deecooper1567
    @deecooper1567 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I live a few hours from here. Thank you for the history lesson. During the hot months the lake almost looks like a river at times 😢👵🏻❣️

  • @davidbeckenbaugh9598
    @davidbeckenbaugh9598 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    'Gang rape' is not a pretty pair of words. Glossing over it is the hallmark of a conquering army. Kind of reminds me of what German armies did to Russian women in WWll, followed by the pay back from Russia. And we still have not learned a darn thing from any of it. I find it hard to label ourselves as 'civilized'.

  • @postofficefans
    @postofficefans 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I'm delighted I've found your channel and look forward to more videos. The water and farming situation is what stood out for me the most. Especially since California has very similar controversies regarding water and farming. Gotta get that cheap head of lettuce someplace.

    • @sambonnett5721
      @sambonnett5721 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      The problem is California laying claim to millions of acre feet of water on the eastern slopes of the Sierra, using or diverting it before it makes it to the user's in Nevada. The great basin is named for a reason, all the rivers and streams that flow into nevada never leave it. The Carson, Walker and Truckee are perfect examples of this.

  • @rickunderwood8544
    @rickunderwood8544 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Wow. It could not look bleaker then hope shines thru. Very sad, very interesting. Thank you.

  • @lynnez.2818
    @lynnez.2818 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    During the war mentioned, the soldiers marched the women, children, and elders into the lake and forced them to stay until they became exhausted and drowned there. Shortly after I moved to Reno, I visited the lake. It was to be my one and only visit. The lake gave off a strange vibe, both sacred and sad.

    • @Alpha-numeric-lifestyle
      @Alpha-numeric-lifestyle 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@lynnez.2818 Just moved here myself and drove around the lake. Nope. Something unhappy is there.

    • @AlfredCerwensky
      @AlfredCerwensky 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lynnez.2818 omg

  • @MA-lm1ql
    @MA-lm1ql 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Theres a story of 200 year old body that came up intact from submergement and also of a very old bird that lives around it hundereds of years old.

  • @ianfitzpatrick2230
    @ianfitzpatrick2230 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a first generation Nevadan but good friends with and grew up along side natives. This was a refreshing video and a good snapshot for the area. The Great Basin is often overlooked. Being able to experience some of the native only areas on the lake with close friends to many weekends spent watching the sunrise and sunsets in all their colorful splendor, it’s a place of true beauty if you can take it all in. You can see faces in the shadows and catch some whoppers. I hope more attention and funds come towards these tribes so they can continue responsible tourism to help keep these beautiful places maintained. For all the filth that’s associated with gambling and prostitution, you may never see a sunset as beautiful as the ones scattered across thousands of mountains. Stars that look so close you want to touch them. The high desert will forever be where my heart is.

  • @ReVolt_e-Vlogs
    @ReVolt_e-Vlogs 18 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    I'm a local to Reno the last 17 years & noticed Kurstin Graham's name in the beginning of the video, he's an awesome local cyclist that helped break most the rails we all ride today, & had 1 com, unique life! 💯👍

  • @ifixit775
    @ifixit775 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    4:46 These aqueducts were for Reno's early electric power generation, hydroelectric the Farad was the first dating back to 1899 was the first is several, all of which returned the water used back to the river. Farad was decommissioned in (I believe) 1997 due to a flood that washed out the diversion. Others are still in operation to this day.
    Perhaps what the video creator was referring to when saying "overuse of resources" are the toll ditches. The Prospector, Highland, Orr and Steamboat ditches diverted water from the Truckee River for agricultural purposes. Later on, as part of the New Lands Project, the Thisby Derby dam was built to divert water to Lahottan Reservoir and Fallon also for agriculture.

  • @NauticalAtom512
    @NauticalAtom512 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Love the 8 bit background music in the beginning

  • @PrinciplesMatter
    @PrinciplesMatter 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I live right nearb it! My preferred camping spot was over by the pyramid right across from Stone Mother.
    Unfortunately, people being disrespectful scumbags that they are, caused the tribe to end camping access to that side of the lake anymore unless you're part of the tribe. 😢

    • @gilbertarzner
      @gilbertarzner 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Same here. I went there once and Kayaked around the pyramid, before those people desecrated it. It was so much fun and I wished that I could go back. Everyone that I was with had their energy sucked out of them, except for the women. We all fell asleep and my wife had to drive us back to Alturas.

  • @cmaven4762
    @cmaven4762 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Go Paiutes! I hope the lake and its cultural significance can be preserved by your efforts....

  • @erikprater7818
    @erikprater7818 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The direct result of the Newlands Derby Dam was the subsequent drying up of Winnemucca Lake, and the total loss of that fishery

  • @melissareifenheiser8392
    @melissareifenheiser8392 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My Dad told me that if your going out on the lake you should get the blessing of a tribe member. People have dissappeared on the lake.

  • @leonardoespinoza9166
    @leonardoespinoza9166 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I hate how someone feels so entitled that they would destroy sacred land and hurt innocents and get away with it. That place was special and now it’s ruined

  • @atomicdmt8763
    @atomicdmt8763 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    solid video! i always passed by on the way to/from Burningman. I was there also for a SOLAR ECLIPSE 3 day event. mystical.

  • @mikeirons
    @mikeirons 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Respect the lake. It is sacred ground.

  • @ashleybrown4754
    @ashleybrown4754 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Every day almost without fail the wind starts around mid afternoon and the atmosphere noticeably shifts. It's a very odd lake.

  • @TheMonolake
    @TheMonolake 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ive camped there and felt the essence of a very spirtual place

  • @judgetoogood1033
    @judgetoogood1033 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wat a great lace to catch the Lahotian trout. It is great. 😊😊😊

  • @GIJoe-nk2pt
    @GIJoe-nk2pt 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is one of my favorite places to fish.

  • @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE
    @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    4:16 "...group of settlers abducted and 'mistreated' a group of Piute women..." I believe the correct terminology is "RAPED." Lets not try to glaze over these atrocities, and instead call them what they were.

    • @StarDark4
      @StarDark4 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Blame yt if he says that they will demonatize or remove his video.

    • @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE
      @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @StarDark4 I wasn't aware that's part of their policy

    • @StarDark4
      @StarDark4 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE yeah, yt is so sensitive now. Didn't use to be, then politicians and certain groups and politics started entering the company pushing agendas.

    • @infinidominion
      @infinidominion 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMOREthere's a few common terms that TH-cam tries to censor but they also censor some weird stuff too. Somewhat recently, I wanted to know what not to say to avoid bans and typed something like "what words are banned on TH-cam" and noticed much weirdness

    • @desertbrewcrew1974
      @desertbrewcrew1974 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      instead of a life ending event you have to say "unalive" YT goofiness

  • @MarlieAstra
    @MarlieAstra 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    You forgot to mention how haunted this place is. I experienced something at this lake when I was a kid, that I can't explain. Water babies are very real, and I experienced one myself.

    • @Ramzi1944
      @Ramzi1944 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      How did it happen? Can you tell more about it?

    • @really3316
      @really3316 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      What is a water baby ?

    • @MarlieAstra
      @MarlieAstra 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Ramzi1944 ​@Ramzi1944 Sure, I was about 5 at the time, my mom, heavily pregnant with my sister, and my aunt and I went to the lake one day while visiting my aunt from Sacramento. My mom and aunt were sitting on the beach, listening to music and relaxing. We were completely alone, no other people around at all.. I was down the beach a bit idly playing around on what looked like maybe an old bridge, or dock, all I know is there were wooden posts coming out of the water and the water dropped off very suddenly. I distinctly remember playing with another kid who was in the water, encouraging me to jump from post to post, deeper into the water. I couldn't swim at the time, and finally my mom looked over at me and yelled at me to get over back to their area. Then, my mom cut herself while slicing a watermelon, and we were swarmed by some kind of biting insect my aunt called "meat flies". We had to literally run back to our car and I remember they were slamming into the windows. At the time, I was obviously scared of getting bit, but it wasn't until I was an adult that I thought back about that day when my aunt and mom mentioned it. I brought up the kid I was playing with and they looked at me crazy, because there was no kid. And apparently we were in an area we weren't supposed to be in, or maybe it was closed for some reason, which is why no one else was there. Could they have not seen the kid, sure, maybe there was another family there or something, but I know that kid was trying to get me to go deeper in the water, because I remember looking down and seeing the water was very deep and I was scared, and then my mom called me to get away from the area I was in...
      Idk, just a weird thing that happened here, so thanks anyone who read all this.

    • @joebad6595
      @joebad6595 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The homie just died out there I think it was water babies

    • @ahm.j1148
      @ahm.j1148 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joebad6595 if your being fr was it on 4th of July?

  • @srl7997
    @srl7997 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Spent every summer out there as a kid. Love Pyramid Lake.

  • @AlbertRemodels
    @AlbertRemodels 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Ryan. Great video

  • @zyaayz
    @zyaayz 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thank you

  • @deanfirnatine7814
    @deanfirnatine7814 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The last of the vast Lake Lahontan.

    • @timkasten343
      @timkasten343 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Which the lake’s name should return to. It’s a Sacred place to the original people, like Bethlehem, Mecca or other spiritual sites around the world.

  • @warrenweihing-googlephone5754
    @warrenweihing-googlephone5754 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't know if you said it, but Pyramid Lake is an inland lake; no water flows out of it to the ocean. It's beautiful and still a freshwater lake.

  • @SuperMickey57
    @SuperMickey57 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Growing up in Oklahoma, I have a great appreciation for Native beliefs, values, and way of life.
    I love how Native Tribes have reverence for the past, hands in the present, and eyes toward the future.
    Whereas most of the rest of America only gives a crap about "getting all they can, right now".

    • @wildalentejo
      @wildalentejo 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yeah the natives were angels...

    • @SuperMickey57
      @SuperMickey57 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wildalentejo Comparatively speaking to today's government and society, I'd agree.

  • @mikewest5529
    @mikewest5529 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    So the government hurt it and the natives are saving it!!
    I’m glad to see earth gardeners protecting her beauty!!

  • @Mile9homesteadalaska
    @Mile9homesteadalaska 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    How about the tunells to tahoe

  • @VenomousMoon6
    @VenomousMoon6 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The water babies are real.

  • @williamkreth
    @williamkreth 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Make a video about smith river in northern CA its one of the very few rivers that was never dammed and it is so beautiful and fascinating

  • @darkendbeing
    @darkendbeing 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    To explain the water babies, pyramid lake has a dense clay base and steep drop off. People would get drunk walk out into the lake next to the drop off and get dragged down by the dense clay.

  • @wormrose01
    @wormrose01 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    @0:42 "In the heart of Nevada's desert". Only 15 miles from the California state line, hardly the heart of Nevada. But yes, a desert. Aside from this one comment, a good informative video about Pyramid Lake. (I live nearby)

    • @b.s.adventures9421
      @b.s.adventures9421 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It is pretty remote.
      There is that one terrible dirt road that will link you to the middle of nowhere California, otherwise it’s a pretty long drive on pavement to get there.

    • @Candence.Candance
      @Candence.Candance 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@wormrose01 most of the people who live in Nevada live in that western section or Las Vegas.
      Anything East of Reno is the heart of the desert

  • @PoeReview
    @PoeReview 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No better way to hide something than to keep it under water

  • @jimcox4728
    @jimcox4728 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's kinda spooky when your out on the lake in a boat.

  • @robohippy
    @robohippy 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Never been there. I have always liked how almost all of the native peoples of this land, their names for themselves usually translates to "the People" or "the Human Beings". A problem with Nevada is that it is trying to support far more people than the land will allow.

  • @ricksaint2000
    @ricksaint2000 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Ryan

  • @BrandonMCDonald-x3f
    @BrandonMCDonald-x3f 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Because this Lake was a gift from the Water Spirit known to westerners as Queen Kalifa. Living in the desert the Paiute experienced a massive drought. There was no water anywhere to be found, along with no animals to eat. The people began to starve and die. Hunters were chosen to walk in the four directions to find water for food. One pair of hunter went west and found the Washoe area and Lake Tahoe. The Washoe seeing the starving Paiutes allowed them to hunt and fish and carry water back to their people. One of the Paiutes was fishing. Near Sand Harbor with a spear. Watching the water he saw a water spirit. A mermaid to westerners. With white hair, she was beautiful it caused the hunter to freeze as he was about to spear her think she was a fish at first. Seeing his shadow in the clear water she turned to see the Paiute man standing over her with a spear.
    She swam off in terror, it soon realized he didn’t hurt her and could have easily killed her. She watched the Paiute man from far away watching him sit at the water waiting. After a few days the other Paiutes hunter came and they began their trip back to their people with deer and dried fish and bags of water. But the Paiute who encountered the water spirit returned. He came to the lake as sat at the waters edge waiting to catch a glimpse of the memoir water spirit. Other Paiute came and hunted and fished taking food back to their peoples. It the lone Paiute r emailed at the lakes edge. The Mermaid swam up to him one day and the start of a love began. Every day she came to see home at the water edge even bringing him fish because he just sat on the lakeside not eating. They fell in love and wanted to be together but because he was human and she was part god it could not be. She needed water to live and where the Paiute man lived there was no water, only puddles of mud. Her parent for is her to see him as he asked to marry her. She wanted to go with him even if it meant her certain death to be without water. So one day he packed up things the he and the mermaid left, carrying her on his back. All the way to where modern Sutcliff is on Pyramid lake. The Paiute man carried water from a local river every day so she could have water to live in. He parents seeing how the Paiute man carried her all the way to his homeland and foresaw his own need to keep her alive. They sent the gift of water so their daughter could live with the man. That water is from Lake Tahoe, which has been discovered to be connected by “underground cave”. Pyramid Lake is also curse by the magic that created the lake. E wise the lake was created out the act of the purest love. Anyone who disrespects this lake…. Does not make it out if you go in.
    The water spirits known as “Water Babies” are the spirits of LGTBQ+ as they were put to death by their own parent in the lake. The hard life did not allow for sexual freedom. It made those who identify as LGTBQ+ as liabilities. Almost like carding for an Down syndrome or autistic child. Like Spartans most American Indian children were inspected those who did not pass were not permitted to live.

  • @Mile9homesteadalaska
    @Mile9homesteadalaska 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's cool to see the lake turn.nasty looking but interesting to see

  • @gringogreen4719
    @gringogreen4719 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used to live in Reno and went out to the lake a few times. Lakes in the High Desert are definitely different. One thing you didn't mention is that Lake Tahoe is what feeds Pyramid Lake via the Truckee River. Both lakes are important for Native Americans in this part of the country. That said, when new settlers came to this part of the state, they really messed things up all around.
    There's a saying we have in the West, "Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting."🤠

    • @srl7997
      @srl7997 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Truckee River, not Washoe river

  • @jburnrcr2506
    @jburnrcr2506 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm local, great fishing at Pyramid lake.

  • @sylviawelsh9518
    @sylviawelsh9518 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Connects Lake Tahoe 65 miles away.

  • @gilbertarzner
    @gilbertarzner 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    From what I have heard, those petroglyphs are the oldest ever discovered in North America. Something like 10,500 years old.

  • @JamesMorlan-tv2fr
    @JamesMorlan-tv2fr 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The special lacantha cutthroat trout are the water spirits

  • @brotherowl
    @brotherowl 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    To the Paiute people:
    I am so deeply sorry.
    Please forgive...in understanding.
    I thank you and offer love.
    I bless you.

  • @MattWeaver-bc9dr
    @MattWeaver-bc9dr 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Make sure you bring your own shade if you spend a day there.

  • @JacobGreen-j9b
    @JacobGreen-j9b 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for pronouncing Navada correctly.

  • @mitchgrube569
    @mitchgrube569 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting video on the Paiute Tribe. What evidence did you use to support the Cui-ui existing for "millions of years?" Also, what evidence did you use that supports the Truckee River delta being "a hub of life and community for over 9,000 years?" Thanks for this version of history.

  • @markmh835
    @markmh835 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Did the 2 towns become ghost towns? Or do people still live there and farm? This wasn't mentioned.

    • @kimball_stone
      @kimball_stone 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      They're still around. Both mainly Paiute communities. Small, for sure, but there.

  • @knobjob2839
    @knobjob2839 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It also looks like it has a constant sheen of oil on it. Eeriest lake I've ever been to.

  • @MrRourk
    @MrRourk 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good fishing spot

  • @Darango1998
    @Darango1998 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    That's one thing I'll never agree with or understand. Examples new York City and L.A. they have to take water from other states just to supply themselves. That I don't agree with if you're supply of water will only support a certain population size then that's all the you can get. You can't steal water from other states.

    • @markkwasny9650
      @markkwasny9650 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Darango1998 I agree completely. There are limits to everything (except human greed).

    • @johng4093
      @johng4093 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You can always buy things you don't have locally. That's been the basis of trade for more than 10,000 years.

    • @Darango1998
      @Darango1998 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@johng4093 yea but California and new York aren't trading for that water they're literally stealing it from other states just to support their cities. That's what I have an issue with. If you don't have enough water in your state to support the population size. Then maybe that city shouldn't be that big in the first place.

  • @AustinCameron
    @AustinCameron 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Clearly cut down Petrified tree chunks

  • @jaysilverheals4445
    @jaysilverheals4445 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ive been here in Vegas for 8 years and I always heard pyramid lake and the carvings into the tuff were off limits and nobody can go to pyramid lake but this video makes it seem like people can drive up there to visit. If they want tourism they may want to make it public that its not shut off.

    • @joshkelly3743
      @joshkelly3743 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jaysilverheals4445 there are parts of it that you can got to near the highway

  • @fredparkinson1289
    @fredparkinson1289 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The picture at 5:40 is Sarah Winnemucca, an incredible paiute woman.

    • @CharlesReynolds-m2t
      @CharlesReynolds-m2t 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I support the Seti-Ka & Manifest Destiny.

  • @revibesound
    @revibesound 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What song is at 1:53? Haha sounded like a mix of west coast hip hop and 70s existential lounge vibes.

  • @TheGregoryEllwood
    @TheGregoryEllwood 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    take a drink everytime "fragile ecosystem" is said

  • @JTA1961
    @JTA1961 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Like to see the view from the top of the pyramid

    • @Hiker77-dc5bg
      @Hiker77-dc5bg 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      You can see all the way to Egypt

    • @kennethloki7011
      @kennethloki7011 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Google earth

    • @madddog7
      @madddog7 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      get a drone

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @Hiker77-dc5bg that's what my mummy said

    • @marc_Peterson
      @marc_Peterson 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      It's illegal to set foot on the pyramid island. It's a protected pelican nesting area. As well as Anaho island

  • @ScottKauffman-zk9wl
    @ScottKauffman-zk9wl 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome fishing . 10lbs plus fish

  • @erinmurphy3587
    @erinmurphy3587 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Missed a lot of stuff like Newlands project and that the pyramid and other islands are off limits to swimmers or boaters.
    Been there, live nearby

  • @CFPVideoProductions
    @CFPVideoProductions 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I noticed on your latest programs; you seem to be editing out the pauses between your natural sentences and phrases. It just sounds unnatural. We have always loved your videos. Keep up your work.
    Don

  • @desireeespinosa3954
    @desireeespinosa3954 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Natives should not have to clean up your father's mess alone. Join them.
    Everything in this country that you enjoy is due to the horrors visited on the land and people

  • @seanphillips5745
    @seanphillips5745 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Northern Africa, dig a half moon dirt( lot of acres). and when it rains, it funnels it down and produce grass and trees.

  • @bitkrusher5948
    @bitkrusher5948 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The paiutes were the last hold outs of the Native Americans .....

  • @meanerkat4339
    @meanerkat4339 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Enjoy the lake while you can. It is slowly drying up like the rest of the lakes in Nevada.

  • @speedracer3104
    @speedracer3104 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Remove the alcohol from the area, you'll see a major improvement..

  • @markbloxham1750
    @markbloxham1750 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And I learn concrete from an Indian Paiute 1977named Bill Fletcher, spokesman for Pyramid Lake a good man🥳💪🏼 every job we did he called a easy item👍🏼✌🏾🫡. 🖖🏼

  • @johnjoole2258
    @johnjoole2258 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Best yet / ✌️❤️

  • @charliechristianson
    @charliechristianson 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    good job

  • @MarkEvans-wx3sg
    @MarkEvans-wx3sg 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    How can the lake go back millions of years when the Earth is less than 6 thousand years old?

  • @jewman4
    @jewman4 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I live in Reno and the water babies myth has a different meaning to everyone here lol

  • @karenstein8261
    @karenstein8261 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    View from the top? Not much to see. The lake is surrounded by plain, sage speckled beige mountains. Not many homes or development visible.

  • @isaiahmcfarland6996
    @isaiahmcfarland6996 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    People make me super mad. This is all done, because agreed people wanting to play god

  • @iamperplexed4695
    @iamperplexed4695 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    But, who built the pyramid?