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Location of the Yerington Reservation in Nevada. The Yerington Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Yerington Reservation and Trust Lands, in Lyon County, Nevada. The reservation was established in 1916 and 1936 and is 1,653 acres (6.69 km 2) large. In 1990, 354 tribal members lived on the reservation. The tribe had 659 enrolled members in 1992. [1]
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.
Walker River Indian Reservation: Northern Paiute: 853 [1] 529.97 Churchill, Lyon, Mineral: Washoe Tribe: Washoe: 1,116 [2] 64,300 Douglas: Includes Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Stewart Community and Washoe Ranch. The tribe also maintains a colony in Alpine County, California. Winnemucca Indian Colony: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone ...
Location of the Las Vegas Indian Colony. The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Las Vegas Indian Colony, at in Clark County adjacent to the northwest corner of Las Vegas. The reservation was first established in 1911 and today is 3,850 acres (1,560 ha) large.
Humans have inhabited the area between the West and Northwest of the United States for over 11,000 years. [7]One version of how the Northern Paiute people came to be is that a bird, the Sagehen (also known as the Centrocercus), was the only bird that survived a massive flood.
Moapa Indian Reservation welcome sign Rocks in the southern part of the reservation, immediately west of Valley of Fire State Park. The Moapa River Indian Reservation is located near Moapa Town, Nevada. Moapa River Indian Reservation consists of 71,954 acres (29,119 hectares). As of the census of 2010, the population was 238, up from 206 in ...
The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation, the Summit Lake Indian Reservation, at in Humboldt County, Nevada The reservation was established in 1913 and is 12,573 acres (50.9 km 2 ), with 10,098 acres (40.9 km 2 ) of trust lands. [ 3 ]
Location of Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation. The Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation spans the distance of the Nevada–Oregon border, in Humboldt County, Nevada and Malheur County, Oregon, [9] near the Quinn River, which runs east to west through the Tribe's Nevada lands. Just to the east is southwestern Idaho.