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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.
Paiute (/ ˈ p aɪ juː t /; also Piute) refers to three non-contiguous groups of Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin.Although their languages are related within the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, these three languages do not form a single subgroup and they are no more closely related to each than they are to the Central Numic languages (Timbisha, Shoshoni, and Comanche) which are ...
Truckee (died 1860), also known as Captain Truckee, Wuna Mucca, [1] The Giver of Spiritual Gifts, [1] Old Winnemucca, One Moccasin, [1] Onennamucca, [1] One-ah-mucca), or Old Chief Winnemucca, was a medicine chief of the Northern Paiute people and an influential prophet. [1]
Goyatöka (Klamath-Paiute: "Crayfish Eaters", from Goy’a "Crayfish" (Klamath) and Töka "Eater" (Paiute)), [17] better known under their Klamath name as Yahuskin (Yahooskin) (either Yahu-kni - "People of far off down below" [a] or Y'ayn'a-kni - "Mountain People"), often called Snake Indians, also known as Upper Sprague River Snakes or even ...
The Owens Valley Paiute were several Paiute groups that cooperated and lived together in semipermanent camps. They mediated between Californian and Great Basin culture. They irrigated crops along the Owens Valley, a highly arable and ecologically diverse region in the southern Sierra Nevada. Their name for themselves was Numa or "People." [3]: 227
The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah's tribal headquarters is located in Cedar City, Utah. As of 2006, 840 people were enrolled in the tribe. [ 2 ] The Utah Paiute's tribal chairperson is Tamra "Tami" Borchardt-Slayton and their vice-chairperson is Patrick Charles.
This category includes articles about the culture, history, people, and current issues of the Northern, Owens Valley, and Southern Paiute, including tribes who self-designate as Paiute. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
People of Paiute descent (1 C) S. Southern Paiute people (3 P) Pages in category "Paiute people" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.