Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe

Fort McDermitt Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone Tribes
Sarah Winnemucca, a Northern Paiute activist and author, worked as an interpreter, scout and hospital matron at Fort McDermit from 1868 to 1873.[1]
Total population
689 enrolled members (1992)[2]
341 residents on reservation (2010)[3]
Regions with significant populations
 United States
( Nevada,  Oregon)
Languages
Northern Paiute language, English[4]
Religion
Christianity, Sun Dance,[5] Native American Church, Traditional Unity Movement[6]
Related ethnic groups
Southern Paiute and Western Shoshone peoples

The Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone peoples, whose reservation Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation spans the Nevada and Oregon border next to Idaho.[7] The reservation has 16,354 acres (6,618 ha) in Nevada and 19,000 acres (7,700 ha) in Oregon.

Peoples from these two tribes have historically also lived in what is now defined as southwestern Idaho. They are close culturally and linguistically to the Bannock people and various other Shoshone-language peoples. Peoples of these tribes are members of other federally recognized tribes in Nevada and Idaho.

In October 2016 a federal law was passed to put approximately 19,094 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land into trust for the Tribe in order to expand their reservation; this was done under the Nevada Native Nations Land Act. Gambling is prohibited on the new lands.[8]

  1. ^ Canfield, Gae Whitney (1988). Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 55–76. ISBN 9780806120904.
  2. ^ Pritzker 226
  3. ^ "2010 Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ethno was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Pritzker 227
  6. ^ Pritzker 223
  7. ^ "Tribal Directory." National Congress of American Indians. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Nevada Native Nations Land Act" Archived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Propublica website; accessed 30 November 2016