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The Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute and
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
"Numa News Subscriptions."
''Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe''. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
Official website {{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 Paiute Populated places established in 1887 Populated places in Churchill County, Nevada Shoshone
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 cultur ...
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 Ticutta 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
Fallon Municipal Airport is two miles northeast of Fallon, in Churchill County, Nevada.
Facilities
The airport covers at an elevation of 3,963 feet (1,208 m). It has two runways: 3/21 is 5,703 by 75 feet (1,738 x 23 m) asphalt; 13/31 is 4,20 ...
, northeast of the city.
Governance
the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located inFallon, Nevada
Fallon is a city in Churchill County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 9,327 at time of the 2020 census. Fallon is the county seat of Churchill County and is located in the Lahontan Valley.
History
The community was first populat ...
. 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
Melissa Melero-Moose is a Northern Paiute/ Modoc mixed-media artist and co-founder of Great Basin Native Artists, a collective based in Nevada. She is enrolled in the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony.
Early life and ...
, mixed-media artist, curator
Notes
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
Official website {{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 Paiute Populated places established in 1887 Populated places in Churchill County, Nevada Shoshone