The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation (Timbisha (Shoshone) language: Noompai )[1] is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Native American Indians near Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. They are related to the Owens Valley Paiute.[2]
Language
editThe Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshones traditionally spoke two different languages. The Mono ("Paiutes") spoke the Mono language and the Timbisha ("Shoshones") spoke the Timbisha language, both of which were members of the Numic subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family.[3]
Lone Pine Reservation
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The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community is a federal recognized tribe and reside on the reservation, the Lone Pine Indian Reservation in Inyo County, in central-eastern California, in the Owens River Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The reservation is 237 acres (0.96 km2) large. Approximately 350[4] of the 1400 enrolled tribal members live on the reservation.[2] The reservation was established on April 20, 1939 through a land exchange negotiated between the Department of the Interior and the City of Los Angeles.[4] In 1990-1, 168 out of 296 enrolled members lived on reservation.[5] As of the 2010 Census the population was 212.[6]
Government
editThe tribe is governed by a five-person tribal council, who are as follows:[5]
- Melvin R. Joseph - Chairperson
- Mary Wuester - Vice chairperson
- Stacey Mike - Secretary
- Janet Hansen - Treasurer
- Beverly Newell - Trustee[7]
The Lone Pine Indian Community is headquartered in Lone Pine, California. They have their own public works department, environmental department, and tribal administration.[7]
Education
editThe reservation is served by the Lone Pine Unified School District.
Notes
edit- ^ Dayley, Jon P. Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary. Berkeley u.a.: Univ. of Calif. Press, 1989.
- ^ a b California Indians and Their Reservations. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine San Diego State University Library and Information Access. 2009 (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- ^ Wick R. Miller. "Numic Languages," Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11, Great Basin. Ed. Warren L. d'Azevedo. (1986. Smithsonian). Pages 98-106.
- ^ a b "Home Page." Long Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. (retrieved 8 Dec 2009)
- ^ a b Pritzker, 229
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Raglin, Justin. "Contact Us." Long Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 1 Aug 2012.
See also
editReferences
edit- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.
External links
edit- Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, official site