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The Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony is a
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, at , in Churchill County. The reservation, established in 1887, comprises . In 2005, 1,692 people lived on the reservation. In 2017, 1,499 people were enrolled in the tribe. Closer to the city of Fallon the smaller and geographically detached Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Colony, at , has two separate sections that lie between downtown Fallon and Fallon Municipal Airport, northeast of the city.
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''Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe''. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
federally recognized tribe
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of Northern Paiute
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and Western Shoshone
Western Shoshone comprise several Shoshone tribes that are indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863. They resided in Idaho, Nevada, California, and Utah. The tribes are very closely related cult ...
Indians in Churchill County, Nevada
Churchill County is a county in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,516. Its county seat is Fallon. Named for Mexican–American War hero brevet Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, the county wa ...
.Pritzker, 226 Their autonym is Toi Dükadü meaning "Cattail Eaters."
Reservations
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, at , in Churchill County. The reservation, established in 1887, comprises . In 2005, 1,692 people lived on the reservation. In 2017, 1,499 people were enrolled in the tribe. Closer to the city of Fallon the smaller and geographically detached Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Colony, at , has two separate sections that lie between downtown Fallon and Fallon Municipal Airport, northeast of the city.
Governance
the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located inFallon, Nevada
Fallon is a city in Churchill County, Nevada, Churchill County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 9,327 at time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Fallon is the county seat of Churchill County and is located in the Lahont ...
. The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council, with Len George serving as the Tribal Chairperson .
Media
''Numa News'' is the tribe's monthly newspaper.''Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe''. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
Notable tribal members
* Melissa Melero-Moose, mixed-media artist, curatorNotes
References
* d'Azevedo, Warren L., Volume Editor. ''Handbook of North American Indians
The ''Handbook of North American Indians'' is a series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Native American studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. Planning for the handbook series began in the late 1960s and ...
, Volume 11: Great Basin.'' Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1986. .
* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .
External links
* {{authority control 1887 establishments in the United States American Indian reservations in Nevada Federally recognized tribes in the United States Native American tribes in Nevada Northern Paiute Populated places established in 1887 Populated places in Churchill County, Nevada Western Shoshone