Nevada Indigenous Peoples: Difference between revisions

The following list of American Indians who have lived in Nevada has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref name="null">Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/nevada/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.  

The following list of reservations has been compiled from the ''National Atlas of the United States of America''<ref name="null">National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations. http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/indlanp.html</ref>, the ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''<ref name="null">Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.</ref>, and other sources. Those reservations named in '''bold''' are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.<br>

*'''[[Ely Indian Colony (Nevada)|Ely Colony]]: '''Federal,, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshoni  

*[[Fallon Indian Colony and Reservation (Nevada)|'''Fallon Colony and Reservation''']] (sometimes called Stillwater Reservation): Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute-Shoshoni  

*'''[[Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation|Fort McDermitt Reservation]]: '''Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribes: Paiute and Shoshoni  

*'''[[South Fork Indian Reservation (Nevada)|South Fork Reservation]]: '''Federal, under jurisdiction of Eastern Nevada Agency, Tribe: Shoshone  

*'''[[Summit Lake Indian Reservation (Nevada)|Summit Lake Reservation]]: '''......., under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute  

*'''[[Walker River Indian Reservation (Nevada)|Walker River Reservation]]: '''Federal, under jurisdiction of Western Nevada Agency, Tribe: Paiute -- located primarily in Mineral County, Nevada, with portions in Lyon and Churchill Counties. Records of interest to genealogists and family historians are located at the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.129 National Archives], the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/index.html Regional Archives in San Francisco], at the Family History Library&nbsp;(see [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog catalog]), and at other archives and libraries.  

The following list of Indian Schools in Nevada has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs''...<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551o}}.)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.  

*National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations. [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/NV.pdf Available online].  

*Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/nevada/index.htm Available online].