Paiute Tribes

Two major groups: Northern Paiute and the Southern Paiute.

Ancestral homelands: Northern Paiute in what is now northwestern Nevada, southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northeastern California. Southern Paiute in area now western Utah, southern Nevada, northwestern Arizona and southeastern California. Another group live along the Sierra Nevada in southeastern California - the Owen Valley Paiute

= History =

Brief Timeline
1825: Contact with Jedediah Smith - fur trapper and trader

1827: Peter Skene Ogden- fur trapper and trader

1833: Joseph Walker

1849: Gold discovered in California

1858-1859: Coeur d'Alene War The Northern Paiute were allies of the Coeur d'Alene

1860: Paiute War or Pyramid Lake War

1866-67: Snake War


 * Settled on the Malheur Reservation in Oregon

1878: Bannock War

1888-89: Jack Wilson (Wovoka), a Northern Paiute proclaimed a religion called the Ghost Dance; influeced by Wodziwob of the Walker River Reservation, who began practicing his version of the Ghost Dance in 1870. The Ghost Dance Religion spread to tribes all over the West.

1957: Paiute Indians of Utah terminated, Tribal Membership 232, Tribal land 42,839

1992: population 11,045, (7,323 Northern Paiute; 2,266 Owens Valley Pa;iute; and 1,456 Southern Paiute)

Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone
Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone 8955 Mission Road Fallon, Nevada 89406 Telephone: (702) 423-6075 Local call from the Reno area: 323-3780 Fax:(702) 423-5202

Fort McDermitt Paiute
Fort McDermitt Paiute P.O. Box 457 McDermitt, Nevada 89421 Telephone: (702) 532-8259 Fax:(702) 532-8263

U-tu Utu Gwaitu Paiute
'''U-tu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe 567 Yellow Jacket Road Benton, CA 93512 Ph. 760-933-2321 Fax 760-933-2412 '''

Bands and Groups of the Paiute Tribe and Their Reservations/Localities
The term or designation of Paiute Indians is a very broad categorization of several bands and/or federally recognized tribes within the group so named. They are sometimes divided into Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute, and are sometimes grouped together with other tribes such as the Shoshone or Bannock Indians. For the most part, they have historically lived in the Great Basin area, and have ranged from Oregon and Idaho on the north to Arizona and southern California on the south, and from Utah on the east to northern California on the west. Some of the tribes, bands, or groups of Paiutes, with their colonies or reservations, include:


 * Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians -- Big Pine Reservation (California)
 * Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California
 * Burns Paiute Tribe -- Burns Paiute Colony (Oregon)
 * Cedar City Band of Paiutes (see Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah)
 * Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians -- Fort Independence Reservation (California)
 * Fort McDermitt Paiute -- Fort McDermitt Reservation (Nevada and Oregon)
 * Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes (see Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah)
 * Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians -- Kaibab Reservation (Arizona)
 * Kanosh Band of Paiutes (see Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah)
 * Koosharem Band of Paiutes (see Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah)
 * Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians -- Las Vegas Indian Colony (Nevada)
 * Lovelock Paiute Tribe -- Lovelock Indian Colony (Nevada)
 * Northern Paiute -- 'Malheur Reservation'(Oregon)
 * Moapa Band of Paiute Indians -- Moapa River Reservation (Nevada)
 * Pahrump Band of Paiute Indians -- Pahrump Colony (Nevada)
 * Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
 * Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community -- Bishop Colony (California)
 * Paiute-Shoshone Indians of Duck Valley -- Duck Valley Reservation (Idaho and Nevada)
 * Paiute-Shoshone Tribe -- Fallon Reservation and Colony (Nevada)
 * Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community -- Lone Pine Reservation (California)
 * Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe -- Pyramid Lake Reservation (Nevada)
 * San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona
 * Shivwits Band of Paiutes (see Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah)
 * Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation -- Duck Valley Reservation (Idaho and Nevada)
 * Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada -- Summit Lake Reservation (Nevada)
 * Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe -- Benton Paiute Reservation (California)
 * Walker River Paiute Tribe -- Walker River Reservation (Nevada)
 * Winnemuca Band of Paiute -- Winnemucca Colony (Nevada)
 * Yerington Paiute Tribe -- Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch (Nevada)

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Vital Records


 * Western Navajo Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1933 FHL Film: 583103 and births and deaths 1928-1934 FHL Film: 583104

Important Web Sites

 * Articles of Association of the Fort Independence Indian Community, California
 * Constitution and By-laws of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, Nevada
 * Constitution of the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe Benton Paiute Reservation Benton, California
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Walker River Paiute Tribe of Nevada
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Yerington Paiute Tribe Nevada
 * Paiute Indians Wikipedia