| Bishop Reservation Ethnology-Language: Owens Valley Paiute and Panamint Shoshone Established: 1912 County: Inyo Acreage: 877 Population: 1,437 Location: In the Owens Valley at the easterly base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, near the city of Bishop. The Bishop reservation is situated amongst dry valleys, with mountains on both sides - both green and bare. What was once a 65,000 acre reservation was diminished to the current 877 acres when Los Angeles "bought" the land for the needed water in Bishop Creek and Owens River in order to feed the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913. Buildings include the tribal offices, education center, community center, museum and Head Start. Library: Bishop's library is unstaffed with less than 1,000 volumes. The Education Director, Shawn Bengochia, oversees the library and plans to pursue grants to update their collection and staff it part time. A new classroom with a reading room will serve as an expanded library. Even Start: Dolly Mañuelito, a Bishop tribally enrolled member, coordinates a library that serves their family literacy program on the Bishop reservation and strives to incorporate language and cultural literacy throughout their curriculum.
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