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The Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony (
The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Las Vegas Indian Colony, at in Clark County adjacent to the northwest corner of Las Vegas. The reservation was first established in 1911 and today is large. In 1992, 52 tribal members lived on the reservation and 71 people were enrolled in the tribe.
''Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.'' (retrieved 14 Dec 2009) Beginning in the early 19th century non-native settlers moved into the area, resulting in the displacement of the local tribe from both its water-rich lowland winter and tree-rich mountainous summer campgrounds. Significant permanent settlement began after 1855 when the area was annexed to the United States. That same year a mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) built a fort at the Las Vegas Springs with the dual purpose of converting the Paiutes and acting as a node on a Salt Lake-to-the-sea shipping route. Although the mission was short-lived, it marked the beginning of permanent American settlement at the site when, ten years later, the fort was rebuilt, reinhabited and re-christened the Las Vegas Rancho. Settlement increased after William A. Clark took ownership of much of the tribe's land, built the
"Pow Wow."
''Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.'' (retrieved 14 Dec 2009)
The tribal headquarters is located in Las Vegas. The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council.
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
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Southern Paiute language
Colorado River Numic (also called Ute , Southern Paiute , Ute–Southern Paiute, or Ute-Chemehuevi ), of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, is a dialect chain that stretches from southeastern California to Colorado. Individual ...
: Nuvagantucimi, "people of "where snow sits" (i.e. Charleston Peak
Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at , is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is ...
)) is a federally recognized tribe
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 Southern Paiute
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and ha ...
Indians in Southern Nevada.
Reservation
The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Las Vegas Indian Colony, at in Clark County adjacent to the northwest corner of Las Vegas. The reservation was first established in 1911 and today is large. In 1992, 52 tribal members lived on the reservation and 71 people were enrolled in the tribe.
History
The tribe is descended from the ''Tudinu'' or "Desert People", ancestors of most of the tribes ofSouthern Paiute
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and ha ...
s whose traditional territory is the lower Colorado River valley as well as the mountains and arroyos of the Mojave Desert in Nevada, California and Utah."Tribe History."''Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.'' (retrieved 14 Dec 2009) Beginning in the early 19th century non-native settlers moved into the area, resulting in the displacement of the local tribe from both its water-rich lowland winter and tree-rich mountainous summer campgrounds. Significant permanent settlement began after 1855 when the area was annexed to the United States. That same year a mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) built a fort at the Las Vegas Springs with the dual purpose of converting the Paiutes and acting as a node on a Salt Lake-to-the-sea shipping route. Although the mission was short-lived, it marked the beginning of permanent American settlement at the site when, ten years later, the fort was rebuilt, reinhabited and re-christened the Las Vegas Rancho. Settlement increased after William A. Clark took ownership of much of the tribe's land, built the
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was a rail company in California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities (Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California), via Las Ve ...
through it and established the town of Las Vegas adjacent to the region's most significant water source. Seeing the tribe's dispossession, on December 30, 1911 Helen J. Stewart, owner of the pre-railroad Las Vegas Rancho, deeded of spring-fed downtown Las Vegas land to the Paiutes, creating the Las Vegas Indian Colony. Until 1983 this was the tribe's only communal land, forming a small "town within a town" in downtown Las Vegas.
The tribe ratified their constitution and bylaws on July 22, 1970. They were federally recognized, under the Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of June 18, 1934, or the Wheeler–Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of American Indians in the United States. It was the centerpiece of what has been often called the "Indian ...
. In 1983, Congress returned to the tribe of land between the eastern slopes of Mount Charleston
Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at , is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is ...
in the Spring Mountains
The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of Southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest–southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and south to the border with California. Most land in the mountains is owned by the Uni ...
and the western flanks of the Sheep Range. This land now known as the Snow Mountain Reservation of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians.
Today
The Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians currently operates a minimart, a cannabis dispensary, two smoke shops; a health and human services program; the Las Vegas Paiute Police Department, with 10 law enforcement officers, and the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, located northwest of Las Vegas. The tribes hosts the Annual Snow MountainPow Wow
A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Powwows today allow Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures. Powwows may be private or pu ...
every Memorial Day weekend.''Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.'' (retrieved 14 Dec 2009)
Notes
References
* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .External links
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
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