Hetch Hetchy Valley; the Native history
Photo of conservationalist John Muir with Paiute boy and elderly Paiute woman preparing acorn meal after returning from Hetch Hetchy Valley, ca. 1901. The bottom from right to left are Dr. Lafayette H. Bunnell who wrote that Paiutes were the principle tribe in Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy. Middle is Nate Screech, first pioneer to establish a home in Hetch Hetchy. C. F. Hoffmann, California State surveyor who documented Paiutes in Hetch Hetchy in 1800s.


