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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records
 * Access genealogy
 * Nevada Indian Commission
 * University of Nevada, Reno

Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Active Tribes

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (Arizona, California and Nevada) Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; Wells Band) Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California: (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community and Washoe Ranches) Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation

Tribes Recognized by the State of Nevada

 * There are currently no tribes recognized by the State of Nevada

Allotment Records
Allotted Tribes of Nevada

•Fort Mc Dermitt, Moapa River, Paiute (Fallon, Summit Lake, Walker River, Washoe Reservation)

Agencies
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Nevada has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Carson Valley Agency
 * Duck Valley Agency
 * Eastern Nevada Agency, P.O. Box 28, Elko, Nevada 98801
 * Fallon Subagency
 * Fort Hall Agency
 * Moapa River Agency
 * Nevada Agency
 * Pyramid Lake Agency
 * Reno Agency
 * South East Nevada Agency or Piute Agency
 * Southern Piaute F.S., Box 986, Cedar City, Utah 84720
 * Special Agency of Nevada
 * Walker River Agency
 * Western Nevada Agency, 1300 South Curry Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701
 * Western Shoshoni Agency

Reservations in Nevada

 * Department of Indian Affairs, Nevada

The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , and other sources. Those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.


 * Battle Mountain Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone
 * Carson Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Washoe
 * Dresslerville Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency., Tribe: Washoe
 * Duck Valley Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribes: Shoshone and Paiute
 * Duckwater Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone
 * Elko Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone
 * Ely Colony: Federal,, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone
 * Fallon Colony and Reservation (sometimes called Stillwater Reservation): Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute-Shoshone
 * Fort McDermitt Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribes: Paiute and Shoshone
 * Goshute Reservation:
 * Las Vegas Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Paiute F.S., Tribe: Paiute
 * Lovelock Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute
 * Moapa Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Paiute F.S., Tribe: Paiute
 * Owyhee Reservation -- see Duck Valley Reservation
 * Pyramid Lake Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute -- located in Washoe,Storey and Lyon Counties, Nevada. Records of interest to genealogists and family historians are located at the National Archives, the National Archives at San Francisco, at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, and at other archives and libraries.
 * Ruby Valley Reservation:
 * Reno Sparks Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Washoe-Paiute
 * Shoshoni Reservation:
 * South Fork Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone
 * Stewart Colony
 * Stillwater Reservation -- see Fallon Colony and Reservation
 * Summit Lake Reservation: ......., under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute
 * Te-Moak Reservation: State, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Te-Moak
 * Walker River Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute -- located primarily in Mineral County, Nevada, with portions in Lyon and Churchill Counties. Records of interest to genealogists and family historians are located at the National Archives, the National Archives at San Francisco, at the FamilySearch Library (see catalog), and at other archives and libraries.
 * Washoe Tribes: State, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Washoe
 * Wells Colony: State, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: .....
 * Western Shoshone Reservation:
 * Winnemucca Colony: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute
 * Woodfords Colony
 * Yerington Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute
 * Yomba Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone

Nevada Indian Schools
(OPTIONAL HEADING)  Indian Schools Currently Open: (if Applicable) Historical Schools:

The following list of Indian Schools in Nevada has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Carson / Stewart Indian School
 * Fallon School
 * Fort McDermitt School
 * Lovelocks School
 * Moapa River School
 * Nevada School

Missions in Nevada
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Indian Health Agencies in Nevada

 * Pyramid Lake Sanatorium

Nevada Map of Indian Lands
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Nevada Native Americans Historical Background
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Archives
National Archives at San Francisco 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 Telephone: 650-876-9001 Fax: (650) 876-9233 E-mail: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov] Web site: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/ca/san_francisco.html

Libraries
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FamilySearch Library
Tribal census rolls, probate records, school records, tribal court records, a few vital records, and other records for Nevada are available. The FamilySearch Library has a few of these records and microfilmed copies may be found on the FamilySearch Catalog:


 * Nevada Superintendency of Indian Affairs Records 1869-1870 M 837.To see the film description and the film numbers, =
 * Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe census rolls=of 1909, 1925-1939.=
 * A typescript of the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe census (not dated).=
 * Fallon Paiute Indians census rolls of 1909-1924 (includes Fallon Agency and Lovelock Day School).
 * Fort McDermitt Paiute Indians census rolls of 1910-1923 (Note: 1910 Fort McDermitt. 1911-1912 Quinn River. 1913-1923 Fort McDermitt.)

See also in the FamilySearch Catalog Nevada Native Races

Museums
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Societies
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Other Repositories

 * Inter Tribal Council of Nevada, 806 Holman Way, Sparks, NV 89431

For Further Reading

 * "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
 * American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
 * Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
 * Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
 * Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
 * National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations. Available online.
 * Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145. Available online.

Tribes and Bands of Nevada
The following list of Native Americans who have lived in Nevada has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.

Native Americans of California and Nevada FS Library book 970.1 F744n

Tribes:

 * Gosiute
 * Koso (also known as Panamint)
 * Paiute (Northern and Southern)
 * Panamint (listed separate from Koso in Santon's- jeh)
 * Pueblo
 * Shoshonie
 * Ute
 * Washoe

Bands:

 * Moapa Band of Paiute
 * South Fork Band of Shoshone
 * Te-Moak Band of Western Shoshone
 * Yerington Paiute