The Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation is an
Indian reservation
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it ...
for the Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada,
Shoshone
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
* Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
* Goshute: western Utah, easter ...
people, in and near the south side of the city of
Ely in south-central
White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. The name "(Rocky Mountain) white pine" is an old ...
. In 2005 it had a population of around 500, a textile business, and its own court system. The reservation is quite small, with a land area of only 104.99
acre
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Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
s (0.4249 km²) and a
2000 census official resident population of 133 persons. Part of the city of Ely lies within its territory.
Ely Reservation, Nevada
United States Census Bureau (retrieved 30 June 2010)
References
External links
Shoshone
American Indian reservations in Nevada
Federally recognized tribes in the United States
Geography of White Pine County, Nevada
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