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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.
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
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.
Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor of the Gila River Indian Community (2014–present) [160] Mark Macarro, Tribal Chairman of the Pechanga Band of Indians (1992–present) [161] Roland Maldonado, Chairman of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians [159] [156] Robert Miguel, Chairman of the Ak-Chin Indian Community (2016–present) [156]
New Mexico's Legislative Memorial bills do not have the force of law [123] Mazewalli Nation, Albuquerque, NM [124] unrecognized group claiming to represent Mesoamerican diaspora in New Mexico; Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, Las Cruces, NM. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/18/1971. [27] [30] [31] [32]
From 1200 CE into the historic era a people collectively known as the La Junta Indians lived at the junction of the Conchos River and Rio Grande on the border of Texas and Mexico. [8] Between 700 and 1550 CE, the Patayan culture inhabited parts of modern-day Arizona, California and Baja California.
Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation: Western Shoshone: 133 [1] 104.99 White Pine: Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone: 620 [1] 5,540 Churchill: Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone: 689 [2] 16,354 Humboldt: Reservation extends into Malheur County, Oregon. Fort Mojave Indian ...
Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation in Ely, Nevada, 111 acres (0.45 km 2), 500 members; Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation near Fallon, Nevada, 8,200 acres (33 km 2), 991 members, Western Shoshone and Paiute; Fort Hall Indian Reservation, 544,000 acres (2,201 km 2) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone with the Bannock Indians, a Paiute band with which they ...