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Hundreds of Native Americans were massacred in Nevada’s Bahsahwahbee Valley in the 1800s. Now, as three tribes push for the site to become a national monument, they see a chance to tell their own story.

Back in the 1800s, white attackers turned a lush high desert oasis in eastern Nevada into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there — a horrific history once retold in hushed tones behind closed doors. That was until tribal members reluctantly found themselves defending the valley’s historical significance in state hearings. In the 2000s, they shared their painful past with authorities weighing whether to divert substantial amounts of groundwater that feed the va...

Back in the 1800s, white attackers turned a lush high desert oasis in eastern Nevada into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there — a horrific history once retold in hushed tones behind closed doors. That was until tribal members reluctantly found themselves defending the valley’s historical significance in state hearings. In the 2000s, they shared their painful past with authorities weighing whether to divert substantial amounts of groundwater that feed the va...

A three-tribe coalition representing about 1,500 enrolled members is lobbying the federal government to designate nearly 40 square miles as a national monument.

The Nevada Appeal, the Silver States oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.

Native American tribes of the Great Basin are lobbying the government to make Bahsahwahbee, a desert oasis in Nevada, into a national monument to commemorate past massacres at the site.

Back in the 1800s, white attackers turned a lush high desert oasis in eastern Nevada into killing fields.

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Back in the 1800s, white attackers turned a lush high desert oasis in eastern Nevada into killing fields

Native American tribes of the Great Basin are lobbying the government to make Bahsahwahbee, a desert oasis in Nevada, into a national monument to commemorate past massacres at the site.