Malheur Indian Reservation

This article is about the Oregon Indian reservation. For other uses of the word "Malheur", see Malheur.
Harney Basin looking from Wright's Point north towards Burns, Oregon, and to the Blue Mountains in the distance.
Map of the Malheur Reservation drawn by the U.S. General Land Office

The Malheur Indian Reservation was an American Indian reservation established for the Northern Paiute in eastern Oregon and northern Nevada from 1872 to 1879. The federal government discontinued the reservation after the Bannock War of 1878, under pressure from European-American settlers who wanted the land. This negative recommendation against continuing by its agent William V. Rinehart, led to the internment of more than 500 Paiute on the Yakama Indian Reservation, as well as the reluctance of the Bannock and Paiute to return to the lands after the war.