Paiute Tribes

Introduction
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

Tribal Headquarters
Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone

Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone 8955 Mission Road Fallon, Nevada 89406 Telephone: 1-702-423-6075 Local call from the Reno area: 1-323-3780 Fax:1-702-423-5202

Fort McDermitt Paiute

Fort McDermitt Paiute P.O. Box 457 McDermitt, Nevada 89421 Telephone: 1-702-532-8259 Fax:1-702-532-8263

U-tu Utu Gwaitu Paiute

U-tu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe 567 Yellow Jacket Road Benton, CA 93512 Ph. 1-760-933-2321 Fax 1-760-933-2412 

Brief Timeline

 * 1776: Spanish explorers, Francisco Atanasio Dominquez and Silvestre Veles de Escalante
 * 1878: Bannock War
 * 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, the Indians routed an estimated 400 whites.
 * 1861: Battle Mountain second major encounter with federal troops
 * 1863: Western Shoshone and Northern PPaiutes were assigned to reservations
 * 1866-67: Snake War
 * Some members of the tribe Settled on the Malheur Reservation in Oregon
 * 1881- 1888: Paiute Indians in California, Nevada, Oregon and the Territory of Washington, migration to reservations at: Malheur River in Oregona and Fort McDermitt and Pyramid Lake in Nevada.
 * 1888-89: Jack Wilson (Wovoka), a Northern Paiute proclaimed a religion called the Ghost Dance; influenced 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 Paiute; and 1,456 Southern Paiute)

Additional References
Ruth Hermann. The Paiutes of Pyramid Lake. San Jose, CA. Harlan-Young Press, 1972.

Agencies
Fort Bidwell Agency

Nevada Agency

Western Navaho

Bishop Agency

Reservations
Malheur Reservation

Walker River Reservation

Superintendencies
Nevada Superintendency

Utah Superintendency

Oregon Superintendency

Bands and Groups
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
Allotment

Alphabetical List of Paiute and Washoe Indian Allottes: Carson City Series, and Public Domain Shoshones and Others of Elko Series in Nevada.

Vital Records

 * Western Navajo Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1933, and births and deaths 1928-1934,

Important Websites

 * 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