Paiute Tribes

Tribal Headquarters
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)