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Reno-Sparks Indian Colony: Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone: 1,100 [3] 1,948 Washoe: Summit Lake Indian Reservation: Northern Paiute: 112 [2] 12,573 Humboldt: Te-Moak Tribe: Western Shoshone: 2,096 [2] 20,005.1 Elko, Lander: Includes Battle Mountain Colony, Elkon Colony, South Fork Colony and Wells Colony. Walker River Indian Reservation: Northern ...
According to Indian Affairs 1859 in Utah there were 4,500 Shoshones. Indian Affairs 1866 reported in Utah 4,500 eastern Bannock and Shoshone intermingled and 3,800 western and northwestern Shoshone as well as 2,000 Shoshone in Nevada and 2,500 Shoshone in Idaho, as well as an unspecified number in Oregon.
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. [2]
In an effort to close a 1951 Indian Claims Commission 326-k case, the Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act of 2004 established by the United States to give the perception that the Indians have been served justice, made payment of $160 million to the Great Basin tribe for the perceived acquisition of 39,000 sq mi (100,000 km 2). The 326-k ...
The Duck Valley Indian Reservation (Shoshoni: Tokkapatih) [1] [2] was established in the 19th century for the federally recognized Shoshone-Paiute Tribe. It is isolated in the high desert of the western United States , and lies on the state line , the 42nd parallel , between Idaho and Nevada .
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; T. Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Timbisha; U. Ute people; W. Walker River Indian Reservation; Washoe people;
The Southern Paiute people (/ ˈ p aɪ juː t /) are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted federal recognition on several reservations.
These Indians tried to maintain some of their old ways by building traditional homes, sometimes with modern materials, in camps in urban areas, often near the Truckee River. In 1917, the federal government purchased 20 acres for $6,000 for non-reservation Indians of Nevada and for homeless Indians. This land is the core of the present-day Colony.