Living Desert | Tending the Wild | Season 1, Episode 6
4,261 views · Published 13 December 2016 · 12:28 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: PBS SoCal · 2016 · Entertainment
The desert is a unique and highly fragile environment that is culturally valuable to Native communities. Despite appearing barren, the desert supports a wide swath of life: plants, animals, humans, and cultural practices. But the desert has also been seen as a location prime for urban development and large-scale extractive industries such as mining, wind, and solar energy development. In the past few years, these industries have expanded in the Mojave desert and had devastating impacts on the delicate environment and the Native cultures dependent on them. In this video, we explore how Native peoples continue to live in the desert and how they are confronting threats to their environment. Want to learn more? Watch more Tending the Wild at https://bit.ly/3Okdu5N ~~~~~~ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/kcet-YTsubscribe Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCET28 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcet/ Sign-up for our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/kcet-newsletter-signup #TendingtheWild #California #environment #nature #desert #native #Mojave
