Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan, is chiefly remembered for his contribution to the Enlightenment ideology of "the noble savage." While the notions promoted by Lahontan do not originate with him, the currency that his sometimes inventive...

What characterizes Lahontan's texts is less the newness of the facts than the genius with which he presents them (1) Before interaction with the Americas, European writers established claims to truth with textual appeals to the canon of sacred and ancient texts....

(Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) This threatened fish has been successfully reared at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery in Nevada since 1967 as a part of coordinated efforts involving the hatchery, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and Nevada Division of Wildlife. This past winter, an outbreak...