Northern Paiute

American  

noun

1. a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.

2. Paiute2

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Example Sentences

A variety of Indigenous cultures, including the Molalla, Kalapuya, Tenino, Wasco, Klamath, Northern Paiute and Cayuse, probably used the area for trading, hunting and the collection of plants.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2023

Lithium America's proposed lithium clay mine at Thacker Pass, sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, faced vehement opposition from tribes, ranchers, and environmental groups before receiving its permits in February.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2022

Environmentalists and local Native Americans oppose the project, saying it would desecrate land the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone consider sacred and have adverse environmental impacts on the region’s residents.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Community members from the Northern Paiute, working on the Numu language, were tickled to find seven different ways to say “our husband.”

From Slate

During the spring and fall salmon runs, many Northern Paiute evidently crossed the Snake River and fished in the Boise and Weiser.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.