Yomba Shoshone Tribe

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Tribal Headquarters

Yomba Shoshone Tribe
HC61, Box 6275
Austin, NV 89310
Phone: 1.775.964.2463
Fax: 1.775.964.2443

History

Brief Timeline

Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band

Reservations

The Yomba Reservation is located in Nye County, approximately fifty-five miles south of Austin at Reese River, in central Nevada. The Yomba Reservation was established on by authorization of the Indian Organization Act (48 Stat. 984) Other parcels of land were added in 1937, 1940, and 1941[1]

Established -- 18 June 1934
Agency (BIA) -- Western Nevada Agency
Principal tribes -- The Yomba Band of Western Shoshone
Population -- 1969: Tribal enrollment 100 est.[2]


Records

Tribal website for the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians

Important Websites

References

  1. AAA NativeArts.com, a website celebrating American Indian Tribes of the US and Canada Available online
  2. Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FHL book 970.1 In2

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