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As permissible under the IRA, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony established its first formal council in 1934. On February 9, 1934 the elected council included three Paiute---Cleveland Cypher, Thomas Ochiho, and George Hooten, and three Washos---Willie Tondy, Jack Mahoney, and George McGinnis. Harry Sampson was selected Chairman of the Council.
The Field Matron's Cottage, also known as the Stone Building, was built circa 1925 on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Sparks, Nevada. The cottage was built to support a Bureau of Indian Affairs program to instruct the 20 acres (8.1 ha) colony's Paiute and Washoe girls in sanitation and housekeeping skills. A "field matron" was provided by the ...
Burns Paiute Indian Colony: Northern Paiute: Oregon: 128: 18.95 (49.07) 0.026 (0.068) ... Reno-Sparks Indian Colony: Nevada: 919: 3.36 (8.70) 0: 3.36 (8.70) no ...
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 ...
In the 1960s, John Henry Dressler helped to form the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, a liaison between tribal, state, and federal agencies. Since 1966, the council has nine representatives: two from Dresslerville Colony, two from Woodfords Colony, one from the Washoe of Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, and two from off-reservation areas. [19]
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Wadsworth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada. [2] The population was 834 at the time of the 2010 census.It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area and located entirely within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
An Indian colony is a Native American settlement associated with an urban area. Although some of them became official Indian reservations , they differ from most reservations in that they are placed where Native Americans could find employment in mainstream American economy.