Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Native American Indians near Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. They are related to the Owens Valley Paiute.[1]
Language
The Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshones traditionally spoke Northern Paiute, a numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family (Timbisha is Central Numic and Mono is Western Numic).[2]
Lone Pine Reservation
The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community is a federal recognized tribe and reside on the reservation, the Lone Pine Indian Reservation in Inyo County, in central-eastern California, in the Owens River Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The reservation is 237 acres (0.96 km2) large. Approximately 350[3] of the 1400 enrolled tribal members live on the reservation.[1] The reservation was established on April 20, 1939 through a land exchange negotiated between the Department of the Interior and the City of Los Angeles.[3] In 1990-1, 168 out of 296 enrolled members lived on reservation.[4]
Government
The tribe is governed by a five-person tribal council, who are as follows:[4]
- Melvin R. Joseph - Chairperson
- Mary Wuester - Vice chairperson
- Stacey Mike - Secretary
- Janet Hansen - Treasurer
- Beverly Newell - Trustee[5]
The Lone Pine Indian Community is headquartered in Lone Pine, California. They have their own public works department, environmental department, and tribal administration.[5]
Notes
- 1 2 California Indians and Their Reservations. San Diego State University Library and Information Access. 2009 (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- ↑ "Northern Paiute." Four Directions Institute. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- 1 2 "Home Page." Long Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- 1 2 Pritzker, 229
- 1 2 Raglin, Justin. "Contact Us." Long Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 1 Aug 2012.
See also
- Mono traditional narratives
- Mono language (Native American)
- Timbisha language
- Population of Native California
- Population history of American indigenous peoples
- Native Americans in the United States
References
- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.
External links
- Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, official site
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Coordinates: 36°35′49″N 118°03′22″W / 36.59694°N 118.05611°W