Manzanar, in the heart of the Owens Valley or Payahuunadü, "land of the flowing water" as it is called by the Paiute and Shoshone peoples, is now a desolute and dusty valley. But before the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power took control of the area in the 1900s to divert water to the city, it was a lush green valley with creeks, river and springs running through it. From the forced removal of indigenous people from this land, to the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII to this land, Manzanar has been the site of atrocities committed by the same government who forced the diversion of water away from this place. These threads are delicately strung together by the accounts of Native Americans, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists who are now harnessing their history to save the land. It is an intergenerational and intersectional story that is relevant to all communities, and invites us to think about our relationship to water and where it comes from.