… [T]here truly is a Drowned California – underwater remains of villages, towns, sacred sites, burial areas, roads, bridges, train tunnels, and more flooded by dams and other waterworks throughout California’s long history of controlling water flows. … The removal of dams along the Klamath River exposed previously flooded places like the Shasta Villages that were once under Copco Lake (Alexander, 2024), while the proposed Sites Reservoir will flood new areas including the town of Sites and cultural sites and burial areas of the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Sites Project Authority & U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 2023). Along with environmental and ecological damages, the tremendous changes dams bring to the local areas, towns, and tribes are astounding.