Clay cultures can develop and be sustained by secondary clays. Rivers can move these clays from place to place. No floods? A dam? Clays may become confined. To what degree? How does this impact the cultural services provided by river(s)? Artists and craft folks embody deep ecology of riverine systems. How are their practices and knowledges modified by highly modified bodies of water, or vice versa? Below, we further explore these questions and share clay culture stories from undammed rivers.