Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony
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Reservations
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., in Churchill County. The reservation, established in 1887, comprises Script error: No such module "convert".. In 2005, 1,692 people lived on the reservation. In 2017, 1,499 people were enrolled in the tribe.[2] Closer to the city of Fallon the smaller and geographically detached Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Colony, at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., has two separate sections that lie between downtown Fallon and Fallon Municipal Airport, northeast of the city.
Governance
As of 2009[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located in Fallon, Nevada.[4] The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council,[2] with Len George serving as the Tribal Chairperson as of 2009[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[5]
Media
Numa News is the tribe's monthly newspaper.[6]
Notable tribal members
- Melissa Melero-Moose, mixed-media artist, curator
Notes
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- ↑ "Nevada: American Indian Area." US Census Bureau. (retrieved 1 Sep 2010)
- ↑ a b c Pritzker, 226
- ↑ d'Azevedo, 464
- ↑ "Lovelock Paiute Tribe." Script error: No such module "webarchive". IICOC Business Directory. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- ↑ "Western Shoshone, BIA and Senator Reid Meeting Update." Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe. 17 Sept 2009 (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- ↑ "Numa News Subscriptions." Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
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References
- d'Azevedo, Warren L., Volume Editor. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11: Great Basin. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1986. Template:ISBN.
- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Template:ISBN.
External links
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