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The Pamunkey Indian Museum and Cultural Center is a tribal museum located on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in Virginia. The museum focuses on the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s history and way of life from 12,000 years ago through to the present. Construction on the museum began in 1979, with primary contributions made by Warren Cook (Pamunkey ...
Seeing the tribe's dispossession, on December 30, 1911 Helen J. Stewart, owner of the pre-railroad Las Vegas Rancho, deeded 10 acres (4.0 ha) of spring-fed downtown Las Vegas land to the Paiutes, creating the Las Vegas Indian Colony. Until 1983 this was the tribe's only communal land, forming a small "town within a town" in downtown Las Vegas.
The Pamunkey ensured their Pamunkey Indian Tribe Museum, built in 1979, resembled the traditional yehakin. Located on the reservation, the museum provides visitors with insight into the tribe's long history and culture. Included are artifacts from more than 10,000 years of indigenous settlement, replicas of prehistoric materials, and stories.
The Pamunkey Indian Reservation is a Native American reservation of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe in King William, Virginia, United States. It lies along the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia on the Middle Peninsula. It contains approximately 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) of land, 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of which is wetlands with numerous creeks.
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation: Mohave-- 5,582 Clark: Reservation extends into San Bernardino County, California and Mohave County, Arizona. Goshute Reservation: Goshute: 539 [1] 122,085 White Pine: Reservation extends into Juab and Tooele Counties in Utah. Las Vegas Indian Colony: Southern Paiute: 71 [2] 3,850 Clark: Lovelock Indian Colony ...
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, closed in 2009. Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, closed in 2010, collections on traveling display; Liberty Belle Slot Collection, closed in 2006, located at the Liberty Belle Casino in Reno, now displayed at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City [18] [19] [20] Lost Vegas Historical Gambling Museum, Las Vegas [13]
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The reservation land was first set aside for the Northern Paiute by request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1859. The reservation was not surveyed until 1865. The status of the reservation was very uncertain until President Ulysses S. Grant affirmed its existence by executive order on March 23, 1874. At that time the creation of reservations ...