Allen-Warner Valley Energy System: Western Transmission System Ethnographic and Historical Resources Item Type Report Authors Bean, Lowell Bean; Evans, Michael J.; Hopa, Ngapare K.; Massey, Lee Gooding; Rothenberg, Diane; Stoffle, Richard W.; Vane, Sylvia Brakke; Weinman-Roberts, Lois; Young, Jackson Publisher Cultural Systems Research, Incorporated Download date 10/10/2021 06:50:38 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276213 ALLENALLEN-l-1ARNER - WARNER VALLEYVALLEY ENERGYENERGY SYSTEM:SYSTEM: WESTERNWESTERN TRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSYSTEH ETHNOGRAPHICETHNOGRAPHIC ANDAND HISTORICALHISTORICAL RESOURCESRESOURCES Report SubmittedSubmitted byby CULTURAL SYSTEMSSYSTEMS RESEARCH, INCORPORATEDINCORPORATED to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY Contributing Scholars:Scholars: Submitting Officers andand Editors: Lowell JohnJohn Bean,Bean, Ph.D.Ph.D. Michael J.J. Evans,Evans, M.A.M.A. Lowell JohnJohn Bean,Bean, Ph.D.Ph.D. Ngapare K.K. Hopa,Hopa, Ph.D.Ph.D. President, CSRICSRI Lee GoodingGooding Massey,Massey, B.A.B.A. Diane Rothenberg,Rothenberg, Ph.D.Ph.D. Sylvia Brakke Vane,Vane, M.A.M.A. Richard W.W. Stoffle,Stoffle, Ph.D.Ph.D. Vice President, CSRICSRI Sylvia BrakkeBrakke Vane,Vane, M.A.M.A. Lois Weinman-Weinman-Roberts, Roberts, Ph.D.Ph.D. Jackson Young,Young, B.A.B.A. Menlo Park, California December 15, 19791979 This materialmaterial is copyrighted by Southern California Edison Company,Company, Rosemead, California.California. Permission must bebe obtained,obtained, inin writing,writing, to copy or reproduce this materialmaterial inin anyany wayway whatsoever.whatsoever. TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Management SummarySUIIlDlary M-1 Acknowledgements '. i eSRICSRI Staff o•••••••••••••••••••••••• ii List of TablesTables iii List of Maps v List of Maps .•............................................ CHAPTER I.I. INTRODUCTION•.•..•...•..•.••. � ......•..•.11-1 -1 CHAPTER II.II. THEORY AND METHOD 22-1 -1 ....•••..•• , ..•.•...•.... CHAPTER III. NATURAL SETTING 3 -1 III. NATURAL SETTING ...•...•.................. 3-1 CHAPTER IV.IV. HISTORY 44-1 -1 CHAPTER V. ETIiNOGRAPHYETHNOGRAPHY 5 -1 V. •.•............•.............. 5-1 MoMojavej ave 5-15 -1 Ethnohistory 5-95 -9 Southern Numic-Numic-Speaking Speaking People 5-185 -18 SouthernSouthe=n PaiutasPaiutes 5-205 -20 Ethnography 5-225 -22 Ethnohistory 5-255 -25 Kawaiisu 55-34 -34 Other Numic-Numic-Speaking Speaking Peoples 5-355 -35 Serrano 5 --363 6 Ethnography · 55-36 -36 Ethnohistory 55-LJ.3 -43 Other TakicTakic-Speaking - Speaking PeoplesPeoples 5-445 -44 The Urban Native Americans of Barstow and Daggett 55-45 -45 Daggett _ CHAPTER VI.VI. ATTITUDE SURVEY 6-16 -1 Mojave · 6-1 Las Vegas Paiute 6-186 -18 - Chemehuevi · · 6 -3232 KawaiisuI<awaiisu · 66-41 -41 - . SSerranoerrano. · . · . · . · . · . · . 6 -434 3 Barstow Urban Native Americans 6-586 -58 CHAPTER VII.VII. SUMMARYS�RY · . · · · • 7-1 R -1 REFERENCES CITEDCITED.· ••• ,.,!. ,',.,. .', .'". ,'". , ,.', t' •.•. � ,'t" .', t , .a-i APPENDIX A.A. INTERVIEW SCHEDULES ..••...•.•••••....••..AA-l -1 APPENDIX B.B. CHEMEHUEVI DRAFT RESOLUTION; CHEMEHUEVI TOURIST STUDY B-lB -1 APPENDIX C.C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES:SITES: NUMBER CROSSCROSS REFERENCE FOR SITE DESIGNATIONS ..•....... C-lC -1 APPENDIX D.D. HISTORIC SITESITE LOCATIONS (Confidential)(Confidential) ...DD-l -1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CSRI takes this opportunity toto expressexpress appreciationappreciation toto the NativeNative AmericanAmerican tribal council membersmembers and elders who made it possible toto carry out this study, as wellwell as to those individual Native Americans who were willing toto be interviewed.'interviewed. Only because they were willing, either individuallyindividually oror col-col­ lectively, to give of theirtheir time, their wisdom, and theirtheir accumulated knowledgeknowledge ofof traditionaltraditional cultureculture andand presentpresent-day -day reality was itit possiblepossible toto carrycarry outout thisthis study.study. Those who were helpful will not bebe named individually,individually, however, becausebecause anonymity has been guaranteedguaranteed toto mostmost ofof them.them. We also wish toto acknowledgeacknowledge thethe debt of gratitude owedowed to numerousnumerous archivists, curators, librarians, and other fellow scholars whowho have gathered and recorded the data used in this report, andand who organized,organized, analyzed,analyzed, andand synthesizedsynthesized it.it. The helpful cooperation of Robert Laidlaw and Eric Ritter of thethe Desert PlanningPlanning Staff,Staff, BureauBureau ofof LandLand Management,Management, Riverside, California,California, hashas beenbeen especiallyespecially significant.significant. Finally, CSRI wishes toto expressexpress deep appreciation for assistance provided usus byby DavidDavid R.R. M.M. WhiteWhite andand ThomasThomas, Taylor,Taylor, Anthropologists, EnvironmentalEnvironmental AffairsAffairs Division,Division, SouthernSouthern California EdisonEdison Company,Company, andand byby JanetJanet Baas,Baas, ProjectProject Coordi-Coordi­ nator forfor thethe EnvironmentalEnvironmental AffairsAffairs Division.Division. i CULTURAL SYSTEMSSYSTE�..s RESEARCH, INC.INC. Staff for thethe AllenAllen-Warner -Warner ValleyValley EnergyEnergy System:System: Western Transmission System Study Submitting OfficersOffiaers andand Editors:Editors: Lowell JohnJohn Bean,Bean, Ph.D.Ph.D. (President, CSRI)CSRI) Sylvia Brakke Vane,Vane, M.A.M.A. (Vice President, CSRI).CSRI} Contributing Scholars:SchoZars: Lowell John Bean,Bean, Ph.D.Ph.D. Michael J.J. Evans,Evans, M.A.M.A. Ngapare K. Hopa,Hopa, Ph.D.Ph.D. Lee Gooding Massey,Y�ssey, B.A.B.A. Diane Rothenberg,Rothenberg, Ph.D.Ph.·D. Richard W. Stoffle,Stoffle, Ph.D.Ph.D. Sylvia Brakke Vane,Vane, M.A.M.A. Lois Weinman-Weinman-Roberts, Roberts, Ph.D.Ph.D. Jackson Young, B.A.B.A. FieZdField Investigation: Virginia Bagg,Bagg, A.A.A.A. Michael J.J. Evans,Evans, M.A.M.A. Ngapare K.K. Hopa,Hopa, Ph.D.Ph.D. Carole Lowman,Lowman, A.A.A.A. James Mace Diane Rothenberg,Rothenberg, Ph.D.Ph.D. Richard W. Stoffle,Stoffle, Ph.D.Ph.D. Jackson Young,Young, B.A.B.A. Coordination andand ResearchResearch Support:Support: Joan Altick, M.A.M.A. Kelly Gooding Jane W. Kilkenny Kevin Kilkenny Daniel F. McCarthy Rosalie Walker, M.P.A.M.P.A. Jackson Young,Young, B.A.B.A. EditorialEditoriaZ Production:Production: Joan Altick, M.A.M.A. Linda Brandt,Brandt, B.A.B.A. Lee GoodingGooding Massey,Massey, B.A.B.A. Rosalie Walker,Walker, M.P.A.M.P.A. June Yamashita,Yamashita, M.A.M.A. ii LIST OF TABLES TableTable Page 5-I.5 -I. RelationshipRelationship of Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Takic, and Kawaiisu Dialects Within thethe Uto-Uto- Aztecan Language FamilyFamily· ... · · · • · · .. • · .... · . · .. · · · .. · 5 -19-19 6-1.6 -I. Summary of Knowledge and AttitudesAttitudes of Native Am.ericans--MojAmericans -- Mojaveave • · .... · .... · · · · · · .......... • · • .. · • · · ...... 6-56 -5 6-I1.6 -II. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite Categories ----Moj Mojaveave · · · .. · · .. · . · · 6-96 -9 6-11I.6 -III. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite Categories --Ft.--Ft. MojMojaveave Indian Reservation.Reservation.. ... · .. 6 -10-10 6-IV.6 -IV. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite Categories--ColoradoCategories -- ColoradoRiver River IndianIndian ReservationReservation .. 66-11 -11 6-V.6 -V. Places SensitiveSensitive toto ImpactImpact--Colorado -- Colorado RiverRiver Indian ReservationReservation · .. !" • ••• 6 -16-16 6-VI.6 -VI. Places SensitiveSensitive toto Impact-Impact--Fort -Fort Mojave Indian Reservation-Reservation· · · · · .. · 6 -17-17 6-V1I..6 -VII. Cultural Items Ranked by IntensityIntensity ofof Las'Las Vegas PaiutePaiute ConcernConcern · · 66-21 -21 66-VIII. -VIII. English Names forfor IndianIndian PlacesPlaces RankedRanked byby Intensity of Las Vegas Paiute ConcernConcern 6-236 -23 6-VlIla.6- VIIIa. AnnualAnnual TotalTotal ExpensesExpenses ofof 185185 AwAw-Villa -Villa Tourists..6Tourists .. 6-37-37 6-Vll1b.6- VIIIb. AA "Reasonable"Reasonable Case" EstimateEstimate ofof thethe CostCost-Gains -Gains of Building a Power Transmission Line onon thethe Chemehuevi Reservation 6-386 -38 6-IX.6 -IX. Summary of Knowledge andand Attitudes ofof Native AmericansAmericans--Serrano -- Serrano 6-476 -47 6-X.6 -X. Summary of Anticipated Impacts�pacts onon SiteSite Categories--SerranoCategories -- Serrano andand KawaiisuKawaiisu 66-51 -51 6-X1.6 -XI. Summary of Knowledge and Attitudes ofof Native AmericansAmericans--Barstow -- Barstow UrbanUrban Group 6-616 -61 ' 6-XII.6 -XII. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite CategoriesCategories--Barstow -- Barstow UrbanUrban Group 6-666 -66 iii List of Tables, continuedcontinued 66-XIII. -XIII. Summary of AnticipatedAnticipated Impacts onon SiteSite· Categories--NavajoCategories -- Navajo 5-675 -67 66-XIV. -XIV. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite Categories--LagunaCategories -- Laguna....•....................•....66-68 -68 6-XV.6 -XV. Summary of Anticipated ImpactsImpacts onon SiteSite CategoriesCategories--Acoma--Acoma ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 -6-699 6-XVI.6 -XVI. Summary of AnticipatedAnticipated Impacts on SiteSite Categories--MiscellaneousCategories -- Miscellaneous TribesTribes 66-70 -70 6-XVII.6 -XVII. Places SensitiveSensitive toto ImpactImpact--Barstow -- Barstow UrbanUrban NativeNative Americans 6 --7676 7-1.7 -I. Specific Places For Which Native Americans Spontaneously Expressed Concern 77-10 -10 7-II.7 -II. Sensitivity Estimates:Estimates: Ethnographic SitesSites 7-157 -15