The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation is located in
Juab County, Utah
Juab County ( ) is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,246. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.
Juab County is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical ...
,
Tooele County, Utah
Tooele County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 58,218. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele, Utah, Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organi ...
, and
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 ...
, United States.
It is one of two
federally recognized tribes
This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...
of
Goshute people
The Goshutes are a tribe of Western Shoshone Native Americans. There are two federally recognized Goshute tribes today:
* Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, located in Nevada and Utah
* Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah of ...
, the other being the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah
The Skull Valley Indian Reservation (Gosiute dialect: Wepayuttax) is located in Tooele County, Utah, United States, approximately southwest of Salt Lake City. It is inhabited by the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah, a federally reco ...
.
Government
The tribe's headquarters is in
Ibapah, Utah
Ibapah ( ) is a small unincorporated area, unincorporated community in far western Tooele County, Utah, Tooele County, Utah, United States, near the Nevada state line.
Description
The settlement is located near the Deep Creek Mountains. The si ...
, which is an English adaption form a native Goshute term, either from Ai'ba-pa (one name of the last chief of the tribe who was also known under the common chieftain name ''ta'bi'') or from Ai-bim-pa / Ai'bĭm-pa ("White Clay Water" referring to the nearby
Deep Creek).
[ Their own name is Ai'bĭm-pa / Aipimpaa Newe ("People of ]Deep Creek Valley
Deep Creek Valley is a long valley located in southwest Tooele County at the Utah-Nevada border; the extreme south of the valley is in northwest Juab County. The valley parallels the west flank of the Deep Creek Range, both north-trending. In the ...
").
Reservation
Approximately 200 tribal members live on the reservation, which is located in White Pine County in eastern Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
and Juab, and Tooele Counties in western Utah. The reservation was established by Executive Order on May 20, 1912. Today, the reservation is large.[
]
Economic development
The local economy is focused on agriculture, and some tribal members ranch cattle and cultivate hay.
References
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Goshute
Native American tribes in Nevada
Native American tribes in Utah
American Indian reservations in Nevada
American Indian reservations in Utah
Geography of Juab County, Utah
Geography of Tooele County, Utah
Geography of White Pine County, Nevada
Federally recognized tribes in the United States