Paiute

American  

[pahy-oot, pahy-oot] / paɪˈut, ˈpaɪ ut /

Or Piute

noun

plural

Paiutes,

plural

Paiute

1. a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

2. either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute.

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Paiute British  

/ ˈpaɪˌuːt, paɪˈjuːt /

noun

1. a member of either of two North American Indian peoples ( Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute ) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs

2. the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

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Example Sentences

“Here we are as Indigenous peoples doing what we do best, and that’s take care of ours,” said Rana Saulque, vice chair of the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe, tearing up.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bishop Paiute, Big Pine Paiute and Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone tribes, like many other tribes across California and the West, still don’t have legal recognition of their water rights.

From Los Angeles Times

Saulque, vice chairwoman for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute tribe, draws a parallel between ousting the horses and the historic persecution of her people by the government.

From Los Angeles Times

Another focus is the history of Indigenous people, the Paiute and Shoshone, who decades before L.A.’s water grab saw their ancestral lands taken and occupied by white settlers.

From Los Angeles Times

Many homes on Hopi lands are similarly situated, and the San Juan Southern Paiute have been left for generations without a reservation — or water rights — to call their own.

From Seattle Times