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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 ...
The Northern Paiute people believe that "matter and places are pregnant in form, meaning, and relations to natural and human phenomena." [16] This belief gave credibility and placed necessity in shamans, as it does today. In order to draw upon the powers of nature and the universe, shamans would frequently visit sacred sites.
The Chemehuevi were originally a desert tribe among the Southern Paiute group. Post-contact, they lived primarily in the eastern Mojave Desert and later Cottonwood Island in Nevada and the Chemehuevi Valley along the Colorado River in California. They were a nomadic people living in small groups given the sparse resources available in the ...
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.
On 1 September 1954 the US Congress passed Termination of Federal Supervision over the Paiute Indians of Utah U.S. Code, Title 25, Sections 741–60. The legislation at §742 specified that the included bands were the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Indian Peaks Bands of the Paiute Indian Tribe (omitting the Cedar Band). [ 4 ]
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]
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.
This partial list of city nicknames in Kentucky compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities and towns in Kentucky are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.