Summit Lake Indian Reservation
The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in northwest Nevada.Pritzker, 226 Their autonym in their language is ''Agai Panina Ticutta,'' meaning "Fish Lake Eaters."d'Azevedo, 463 They are traditionally known as the "Fish Eaters.""About the Tribe."
''Summit Lake Paiute Tribe Environmental Protection Department.'' 30 July 2008 (retrieved 9 Dec 2009) The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation, the Summit Lake Indian Reservation, at in . The reservation was established in 1913 and is , with of trust lands. At a remote northwest corner of Nevada, the tribe is the most isolated among the nin ...
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Northern Paiute Language
Northern Paiute , endonym Numu, also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. ''Ethnologue'' reported the number of speakers in 1999 as 1,631. It is closely related to the Mono language. Phonology Northern Paiute's phonology is highly variable, and its phonemes have many allophones. Consonants Vowels Language revitalization In 2005, the Northwest Indian Language Institute of the University of Oregon formed a partnership to teach Northern Paiute and Kiksht in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation schools. In 2013, Washoe County, Nevada became the first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective course in the language at Spanish Springs High School. Classes have also been taught at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada. Elder Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation worked with University of Nevada, Reno linguist ...
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