Southern Paiute
Americannoun
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a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in Nevada, California, Utah, and northwestern Arizona.
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Paiute2
Example Sentences
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It also was approved this week by the San Juan Southern Paiute and Hopi tribes.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Some see hope in a proposed landmark agreement that would settle all outstanding water rights disputes between the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes and the state of Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
His 1969 piece "Double Negative," in which 240,000 tons of rock were blasted from a Nevada mesa, on land that was once home to the Southern Paiute, to create a trench, is foundational.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022
About 40 percent of the land in the county is occupied by six tribal nations: Navajo, Hopi, Havasupai, Hualapai, Kaibab-Paiute and San Juan Southern Paiute.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
But for the next 21 months, this 55-member Southern Paiute band has the pot lounge business all to itself.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2019
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