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Washoe resistance to incursions on their lands proved futile, and the last armed conflict with the Washoes and non-Indians was the Potato War of 1857, when starving Washoes were killed for gathering potatoes from a European-American farm near Honey Lake in 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 ...
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.
Urban Indians, communities developed by small enclaves of Native Americans/First Nations and Alaskan Natives since the 1930s. They tend to form small percentages of the urban areas' population. Virtually every major city in the US has an American Indian community. See Rancherie/ Ranchería for urban Indian parts of Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno ...
83.7(a): "Indian entity identification: The petitioner demonstrates that it has been identified as an American Indian entity on a substantially continuous basis since 1900." [ 7 ] 83.7(b): " Community : The petitioner demonstrates that it comprises a distinct community and existed as a community from 1900 until the present."
American Indian reservations in Nevada (19 P) S. Shoshone (10 C, 27 P) T. Timbisha (8 P) W. Washoe (3 C, 6 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Nevada"
Native populations continue to grow. In 2020, 9.1 million people in the United States identified as Native American and Alaska Native, an increase of 86.5% increase over the 2010 census.They now ...
As of 2009 the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located in Fallon, Nevada. [5] The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council, [ 3 ] with Len George serving as the Tribal Chairperson as of 2009 [update] .