Paiute
Americannoun
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a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
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either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute.
noun
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a member of either of two North American Indian peoples ( Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute ) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
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the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
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South of the town of Big Pine, Noah Williams, Red Owl’s son and a member of the Bishop Paiute Tribe, walked through dry brush to a low-lying stretch of desert.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025
Thomas River Watterson grows tomatoes, corn and squash at a vegetable garden that is part of the Bishop Paiute Tribe’s food program.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025
The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute are among a coalition that wants to pause the planned roundups for two years and ultimately secure land back to set aside a sanctuary for the horses to roam.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
It also was approved this week by the San Juan Southern Paiute and Hopi tribes.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
This is understandable because the Shoshone had lived a long time on the same reservation as the Oregon speakers of Mono-Bannock, who were officially designated as Paiute.
From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.
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