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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.
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Prior to the 1850s, the Paiute people lived relatively peacefully with the other Native American groups. These groups included the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi peoples. [6] Though there was the occasional tension and violent outbreaks between groups, the Paiute were mainly able to live in peace with other tribes and settlers due to their loose social structure.
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]
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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 ...
President Barack Obama designated the monument on December 28, 2016, using his powers under the Antiquities Act, after a two-year campaign by local conservation groups, Nevada and Clark County lawmakers and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians. [2] The designation came on the same day as the designation of Bears Ears National Monument. [8]
The Walker River Paiute joined with the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe (two Northern Paiute bands: Kuyuidökadö (Cui Yui Ticutta): "Cui-ui-Fish-Eaters", and Tasiget tuviwarai: "Those who live amidst the mountains") in a 2016 civil rights suit in federal court against the state to secure polling places on their reservations. Otherwise members had to ...