Southern Paiute

[suhth-ern pahy-oot, pahy-oot]

noun

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

2. Paiute2

Example Sentences

Help could be on the way if Congress approves a historic agreement reached between the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribes and the state of Arizona that would settle all of their outstanding water rights claims to the Colorado River Basin.

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It also was approved this week by the San Juan Southern Paiute and Hopi tribes.

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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.

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The Hopi tribe approved the settlement earlier this week, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Council was expected to take up the measure during a meeting Thursday.

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In this case, the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are seeking more than $5 billion as part of their settlement.

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