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{{Short description|Indigenous people native to the U.S. states of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah}}
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[[File:Southern Paiutes.jpg|thumb|[[Moapa Band of Paiute Indians|Moapa]] Southern Paiute, Paiute woman and girl wearing traditional Paiute basket hats. Baby swaddled in rabbit robes in [[cradleboard]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]]]
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The '''Southern Paiute people''' are a tribe of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] who have lived in the [[Colorado River]] basin of southern [[Nevada]], northern [[Arizona]], and southern [[Utah]]. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted [[List of federally recognized tribes in the United States|federal recognition]] on several [[Indian reservation|reservations]]. Southern Paiute's traditionally spoke [[Colorado River Numic language|Colorado River Numic]], which is now a critically endangered language of the [[Numic]] branch of the [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] language family, and is mutually intelligible with [[Ute dialect|Ute]].<ref name=Crow>{{Cite web |title=Peoples of Mesa Verde: The Ute–Southern Paiute Connection |url=https://www.crowcanyon.org/educationproducts/peoples_mesa_verde/post_pueblo_who_southern_utes.asp |access-date=2023-05-03 |publisher=[[Crow Canyon Archaeological Center]] |publication-date=2014}}</ref> The term [[Paiute]] comes from ''paa'' Ute meaning water [[Ute people|Ute]], and refers to their preference for living near water sources.<ref name=NPS>{{Cite web |title=About The Southern Paiute |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/about-the-southern-paiute.htm |access-date=2023-05-03 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |language=en}}</ref> Before European colonization they practiced springtime, floodplain farming with reservoirs and irrigation ditches for corn, squash, melons, gourds, sunflowers, beans and wheat.<ref name=NPS/>
The '''Southern Paiute people''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪ|juː|t}} are a tribe of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] who have lived in the [[Colorado River]] basin of southern [[Nevada]], northern [[Arizona]], and southern [[Utah]]. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted [[List of federally recognized tribes in the United States|federal recognition]] on several [[Indian reservation|reservations]]. Southern Paiute's traditionally spoke [[Colorado River Numic language|Colorado River Numic]], which is now a critically endangered language of the [[Numic]] branch of the [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] language family, and is mutually intelligible with [[Ute dialect|Ute]].<ref name=Crow>{{cite web |title=Peoples of Mesa Verde: The Ute–Southern Paiute Connection |url=https://www.crowcanyon.org/educationproducts/peoples_mesa_verde/post_pueblo_who_southern_utes.asp |access-date=2023-05-03 |publisher=[[Crow Canyon Archaeological Center]] |publication-date=2014}}</ref> The term [[Paiute]] comes from ''paa'' (meaning water in Ute {{IPAc-en|ˈ|juː|t}}) and refers to their preference for living near water sources.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title=About The Southern Paiute |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/about-the-southern-paiute.htm |access-date=2023-05-03 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |language=en}}</ref> Before European colonization, they practiced springtime, floodplain farming with reservoirs and irrigation ditches for corn, squash, melons, gourds, sunflowers, beans, and wheat.<ref name=NPS/>


The first European contact with the Southern Paiute occurred in 1776, when fathers [[Silvestre Vélez de Escalante]] and [[Francisco Atanasio Domínguez]] encountered them during an attempt to find an overland route to the [[Spanish missions in California|missions of California]]. They noted that some of the Southern Paiute men "had thick beards and were thought to look more in appearance like Spanish men than native Americans".{{efn|1={{harvtxt|Warner|1995|pp=187–193}} cites {{harvtxt|Dominguez|de Escalante|1776}}}} Before this date, the Southern Paiute suffered slave raids by the [[Navajo people|Navajo]] and the [[Ute Tribe|Ute]]. The arrival of Spanish and later Euro-American explorers into their territory increased slave raiding by other tribes. In 1851, [[Mormon]] settlers strategically occupied Paiute water sources, which created a dependency relationship.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} However, the presence of Mormon settlers soon ended the slave raids, and relations between the Paiutes and the Mormons were basically peaceful.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} The Mormon missionary [[Jacob Hamblin]] worked at diplomatic efforts. The introduction of European settlers and agricultural practices (most especially large herds of [[cattle]]) made it difficult for the Southern Paiute to continue their traditional lifestyle, as it drove away the game and reduced their ability to hunt, as well as to gather natural foods.
The first European contact with the Southern Paiute occurred in 1776, when fathers [[Silvestre Vélez de Escalante]] and [[Francisco Atanasio Domínguez]] encountered them during an attempt to find an overland route to the [[Spanish missions in California|missions of California]]. They noted that some of the Southern Paiute men "had thick beards and were thought to look more in appearance like Spanish men than native Americans".{{efn|1={{harvtxt|Warner|1995|pp=187–193}} cites {{harvtxt|Dominguez|Vélez de Escalante|1776}}}} Before this date, the Southern Paiute suffered slave raids by the [[Navajo]] and the [[Ute people|Ute]]. The arrival of Spanish and later European American explorers into their territory increased slave raiding by other tribes. In 1851, [[Mormon]] settlers strategically occupied Paiute water sources, which created a dependency relationship.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} However, the presence of Mormon settlers soon ended the slave raids, and relations between the Paiute and the Mormons were basically peaceful.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} The Mormon missionary [[Jacob Hamblin]] worked at diplomatic efforts. The introduction of European settlers and agricultural practices (most especially large herds of [[cattle]]) made it difficult for the Southern Paiute to continue their traditional lifestyle, as it drove away the game and reduced their ability to hunt, as well as to gather natural foods.


[[File:Southern Paiute map 1934.png|thumb|upright|right|200px|Ancestral lands of Southern Paiute groups overlaid on a map of the [[Colorado River]] and current US state boundaries.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stoffle|first=Richard W.|last2=Loendorf |first2=Lawrence |last3=Austin |first3=Diane E.|last4= Halmo|first4=David B. |last5=Bulletts|first5=Angelita|date=February 2000 |title=Ghost Dancing the Grand Canyon: Southern Paiute Rock Art, Ceremony, and Cultural Landscapes| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12707136_Ghost_Dancing_the_Grand_Canyon_Southern_Paiute_Rock_Art_Ceremony_and_Cultural_Landscapes |access-date=2023-05-04 |journal=[[Current Anthropology]]|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|location=Chicago |page=12 |doi=10.1086/300101|via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richard |first=Arnold |last2=Spoon |first2=Jeremy |title=Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ancestral Territory |url=https://csvpa.org/library/nuwuvi-ancestral-territory/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Native Land Digital Map |url=https://native-land.ca/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=Native Land Digital |language=en}}</ref>]]
[[File:Southern Paiute map 1934.png|thumb|right|upright|200px|Ancestral lands of Southern Paiute groups overlaid on a map of the [[Colorado River]] and current US state boundaries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stoffle|first1=Richard W.|last2=Loendorf |first2=Lawrence |last3=Austin |first3=Diane E.|last4= Halmo|first4=David B. |last5=Bulletts|first5=Angelita|date=February 2000 |title=Ghost Dancing the Grand Canyon: Southern Paiute Rock Art, Ceremony, and Cultural Landscapes| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12707136 |access-date=2023-05-04 |journal=[[Current Anthropology]]|volume=41 |issue=1 |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|location=Chicago |page=12 |doi=10.1086/300101|pmid=10593723 |s2cid=142526911 |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Richard |first1=Arnold |last2=Spoon |first2=Jeremy |title=Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ancestral Territory |url=https://csvpa.org/library/nuwuvi-ancestral-territory/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute)|date=7 Aug 2022 |url=https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/southern-paiute/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=Native Land Digital |language=en}}</ref>]]


Today Southern Paiute communities are located at [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Pahrump, Nevada|Pahrump]], and [[Moapa Town, Nevada|Moapa]], in Nevada; [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]], [[Kanosh, Utah|Kanosh]], [[Koosharem, Utah|Koosharem]], Shivwits, and Indian Peaks, in Utah; at [[Kaibab, Arizona|Kaibab]] and Willow Springs, in Arizona.
Today, Southern Paiute communities are located at [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Pahrump, Nevada|Pahrump]], and [[Moapa Town, Nevada|Moapa]], in Nevada; [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]], [[Kanosh, Utah|Kanosh]], [[Koosharem, Utah|Koosharem]], Shivwits, and Indian Peaks, in Utah; at [[Kaibab, Arizona|Kaibab]] and Willow Springs, in Arizona.


== Public relations ==
==Public relations==
=== Early policy ===


===Early policy===
Prior to the 1850s the Paiute people lived relatively peacefully with the other Native American groups. These groups included the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi tribes.<ref name=holt>{{cite web|last=Holt|first=Ronald L.|url=https://historytogo.utah.gov/paiute-indians/|title=Paiute Indians|date=22 April 2016 |publisher=Utah State Department of Community & Cultural Engagement}}</ref> Though there was the occasional tension and violent outbreaks between groups, Paiutes were mainly able to live in peace with other tribes and settlers due to their loose social structure. Most Paiutes lived in small familial groups, and only gathered together in large settings for matters of trade and commerce.<ref name=holt/> Prior to the 1850s, their biggest antagonists were raiders from competing tribes; such as the Navajos, Utes, and Hopis. The Navajos were particularly known for intruding on Paiute grazing land and engaging in raids to capture Paiute women and children for slave trade.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 30028366|title = You Can't Get There from Here: Southern Paiute Testimony as Intercultural Communication|journal = [[Anthropological Linguistics (journal)|Anthropological Linguistics]]|volume = 34|issue = 1/4|pages = 19–44|last1 = Bunte|first1 = Pamela|last2 = Franklin|first2 = Robert|year = 1992}}</ref>
Prior to the 1850s, the Paiute people lived relatively peacefully with the other Native American groups. These groups included the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi peoples.<ref name=holt>{{cite web|last=Holt|first=Ronald L.|url=https://historytogo.utah.gov/paiute-indians/|title=Paiute Indians|date=22 April 2016 |publisher=Utah State Department of Community & Cultural Engagement}}</ref> Though there was the occasional tension and violent outbreaks between groups, the Paiute were mainly able to live in peace with other tribes and settlers due to their loose social structure. Most Paiute lived in small familial groups, and only gathered together in large settings for matters of trade and commerce.<ref name=holt/> Prior to the 1850s, their biggest antagonists were raiders from competing peoples such as the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi. The Navajos were particularly known for intruding on Paiute grazing land and engaging in raids to capture Paiute women and children for the slave trade.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor = 30028366|title = You Can't Get There from Here: Southern Paiute Testimony as Intercultural Communication|journal = [[Anthropological Linguistics (journal)|Anthropological Linguistics]]|volume = 34|issue = 1/4|pages = 19–44|last1 = Bunte|first1 = Pamela|last2 = Franklin|first2 = Robert|year = 1992}}</ref>


Prior to the 1860s, there had been no long-term development of the land. Most of the non-native contact they had was with transient militants or traders. Paiutes fought hard to defend their ancestral lands, and at first were successful in driving the settlers out. During the second half of the 1800s, the most prominent groups to migrate to Paiute lands were members and missionaries from [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Pioneer era|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] and silver miners in [[Pioche, Nevada]].<ref name=reeve>{{Cite book | jstor=10.5406/j.ctt1xcnr6| title=Making Space on the Western Frontier|author1-link=W. Paul Reeve| last1=Reeve| first1=W. Paul| year=2006| publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]| chapter=Mormons, Miners, and Southern Paiutes| isbn=9780252031267}}</ref> In 1869, a rich investor named François Louis Alfred Pioche invested in a silver mine in the town of Pioche, which initially depended upon cheap Paiute labor to work in the mines. The conditions in the mines caused a dramatic decline in the Paiute population.<ref name=reeve/> Paiute children were mandated to attend American schools, which attempted to assimilate them as much as possible.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 3641716|title = American Indians, Economic Development, and Self-Determination in the 1960s|journal = [[Pacific Historical Review]]|volume = 69|issue = 3|pages = 431–463|last1 = Riggs|first1 = Christopher K.|year = 2000|doi = 10.2307/3641716}}</ref> By the early 1900s, there were approximately 800 Paiute people.<ref>[https://www.utahpaiutes.org/news-2/history/Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah: History] Utahpaiutes.org. Retrieved 7 January 2019.</ref>
Prior to the 1860s, there had been no long-term development of the land. Most of the non-native contact they had was with transient militants or traders. Paiute fought hard to defend their ancestral lands, and at first were successful in driving the settlers out. During the second half of the 1800s, the most prominent groups to migrate to Paiute lands were members and missionaries from [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Pioneer era|the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] and silver miners in [[Pioche, Nevada]].<ref name=reeve>{{cite book | jstor=10.5406/j.ctt1xcnr6| title=Making Space on the Western Frontier|author1-link=W. Paul Reeve| last1=Reeve| first1=W. Paul| year=2006| publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]| chapter=Mormons, Miners, and Southern Paiutes| isbn=9780252031267}}</ref> In 1869, a rich investor named François Louis Alfred Pioche invested in a silver mine in the town of Pioche, which initially depended upon cheap Paiute labor to work in the mines. The conditions in the mines caused a dramatic decline in the Paiute population.<ref name=reeve/> Paiute children were mandated to attend American schools, which attempted to assimilate them as much as possible.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor = 3641716|title = American Indians, Economic Development, and Self-Determination in the 1960s|journal = [[Pacific Historical Review]]|volume = 69|issue = 3|pages = 431–463|last1 = Riggs|first1 = Christopher K.|year = 2000|doi = 10.2307/3641716}}</ref> By the early 1900s, there were approximately 800 Paiute people.<ref>[https://www.utahpaiutes.org/news-2/history/Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah: History] Utahpaiutes.org. Retrieved 7 January 2019.</ref>


=== Modern relations ===
===Modern relations===
In the 1950s, the [[Indian termination policy|Indian termination policies]] of the federal government stripped the Paiute of their health and educational benefits, federal tax protection, and agricultural assistance. This left them on their own in a weak and unstable state.<ref>Holt, Ronald L.: Paiute Indians." Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, 17 Aug. 2016, heritage.utah.gov/history/uhg-first-peoples-paiute-indians.</ref> The first attempt of reconciliation was made in 1980, with the [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/96/hr4996 Restoration Act], which recognized the Paiute as a tribe. It united the five main bands into one tribe: the Cedars, Indian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Shivwits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utahpaiutes.org/news-2/history/|title=Our History – the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah}}</ref> The bill also restored the bands to a system of federal aid and support.


==Culture ==
In the 1950s, the [[Indian termination policy|Indian termination policies]] of the federal government stripped the Paiutes of their health and educational benefits, federal tax protection, and agricultural assistance. This left them on their own in a weak and unstable state.<ref>Holt, Ronald L. “Paiute Indians.” Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, 17 Aug. 2016, heritage.utah.gov/history/uhg-first-peoples-paiute-indians.</ref> The first attempt of reconciliation was made in 1980, with the [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/96/hr4996 Restoration Act], which recognized the Paiutes as a tribe. It united the five main bands into one tribe: the Cedars, Indian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Shivwits.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.utahpaiutes.org/news-2/history/ | title=Our History – the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah}}</ref> The bill also restored the bands to a system of federal aid and support.


== Culture ==
===Basket weaving===
[[File:Hat, Southern Paiute, collected 1876 - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05567.JPG|thumb|left|Southern Paiute woven hat from 1876 at a [[Harvard University]] museum.]]

=== Basket weaving ===


One of the most important skills the women of the Paiute tribes had was their basket weaving skills. They would often use red-stemmed willows to weave their baskets. These skills were used in almost every aspect of their lives, and the skill is believed to have been passed down from mother to daughter for at least 9,000 years. When they would go to gather and forage they would carry large conical baskets on their back to collect things.
One of the most important skills the women of the Paiute tribes had was their basket weaving skills. They would often use red-stemmed willows to weave their baskets. These skills were used in almost every aspect of their lives, and the skill is believed to have been passed down from mother to daughter for at least 9,000 years. When they would go to gather and forage they would carry large conical baskets on their back to collect things.
[[File:Hat, Southern Paiute, collected 1876 - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05567.JPG|thumb|Hat, Southern Paiute, collected 1876 – Native American collection – Peabody Museum, Harvard University]] Specific tools were created including ones to strip fruit off of bushes and trees, ones used for [[winnowing]], and ones used to get to roots better. They would also tightly weave these big baskets with clay and [[resin]] to create cooking pots and water jugs. Oftentimes, smaller tools were left behind, whereas bigger products such as cooking pots went with the families as they moved around. Based on the region the families were located determined different uses for the weaving. For instance, those who lived by marshes learned to create [[Duck decoy (model)|duck decoys]], nets, and rafts to better hunt the water fowl. Another use for this skill was to create their houses. They would use long thin grasses to tightly weave stalks of [[Typha|Cattails]] together, and in doing so they created these long board-like sections of grasses that they would set up around long willow limbs stuck in the ground.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/earth-our-home|title=The Earth is Our Home |last=Patapoff|first=E. (Director)|date=1979 |via=[[Kanopy]]|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>


Specific tools were created including ones to strip fruit off of bushes and trees, ones used for [[winnowing]], and ones used to get to roots better. They would also tightly weave these big baskets with clay and [[resin]] to create cooking pots and water jugs. Oftentimes, smaller tools were left behind, whereas bigger products such as cooking pots went with the families as they moved around. Based on the region the families were located determined different uses for the weaving. For instance, those who lived by marshes learned to create [[Duck decoy (model)|duck decoys]], nets, and rafts to better hunt the water fowl. Another use for this skill was to create their houses. They would use long thin grasses to tightly weave stalks of [[Typha|Cattails]] together, and in doing so they created these long board-like sections of grasses that they would set up around long willow limbs stuck in the ground.<ref name=":0">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/earth-our-home|title=The Earth is Our Home|last=Patapoff|first=E. (Director)|date=1979|via=[[Kanopy]]|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>
=== Traditional diet ===


===Traditional diet===
A staple food for the Southern Paiutes was the [[bitterroot]]. They also depended on [[wild carrot]], wild onion, and [[Prunus virginiana|chokecherries]]. Chokecherries were useful in more ways than one- their stems were brewed to make a sweet drink, and their berries would be crushed, then dried to be saved for later. When [[Aphid]]s came and swarmed the cane plants, they would leave small drops of nectar where they punctured the cane stalk. Knowing this the Southern Paiute women would take the cane rods and beat them until the small dried droplets came loose. These droplets were then tossed in a winnowing dish to be separated from the remnants of the cane. Often these small particles were the main income of sweetness for the people.<ref name=":0" /> Another seed they would gather are waada seeds, minuscule black seeds that would be ground up into meal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/pacific/crm/oe/oeprojects/OEEWWada.htm|title=Rock Art of the Malheur Marshlands The Wada'Tika: Ancestors of Today's Burns Paiute Tribe, Oregon|last=Cultural Resources Management program|date=2012|publisher=[[US Fish and Wildlife Service]]|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> Those who lived in a region with an adequate water supply would set up farms, complete with ditch irrigation. The biggest crops were maize, squash and wheat.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Allison|first1=James R.|last2=Meegan|first2=Cathryn M.|last3=Murray|first3=Shawn Sabrina|date=2008|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261812798_Archaeology_and_Archaeobotany_of_Southern_Paiute_Horticulture_in_the_St_George_Basin_Southwestern_Utah |title=Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah|journal=
A staple food for the Southern Paiute was the [[bitterroot]]. They also depended on [[wild carrot]], wild onion, and [[Prunus virginiana|chokecherries]]. Chokecherries were useful in more ways than one - their stems were brewed to make a sweet drink, and their berries would be crushed, then dried to be saved for later. When [[aphid]]s came and swarmed the cane plants, they would leave small drops of nectar where they punctured the cane stalk. Knowing this the Southern Paiute women would take the cane rods and beat them until the small dried droplets came loose. These droplets were then tossed in a winnowing dish to be separated from the remnants of the cane. Often these small particles were the main income of sweetness for the people.<ref name=":0" /> Another seed they would gather are waada seeds, minuscule black seeds that would be ground up into meal.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/pacific/crm/oe/oeprojects/OEEWWada.htm|title=Rock Art of the Malheur Marshlands The Wada'Tika: Ancestors of Today's Burns Paiute Tribe, Oregon|last=Cultural Resources Management program|date=2012|publisher=[[US Fish and Wildlife Service]]|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> Those who lived in a region with an adequate water supply would set up farms, complete with ditch irrigation. The biggest crops were maize, squash, and wheat.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Allison|first1=James R.|last2=Meegan|first2=Cathryn M.|last3=Murray|first3=Shawn Sabrina|date=2008|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261812798 |title=Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah|journal=
KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History |volume=73 |issue=4| pages=417–449| publisher=Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society | jstor=30246559|via=[[Taylor & Francis]] | doi=10.1179/kiv.2008.73.4.003 |s2cid=129614910}}</ref> The men were the primary hunters, they would hunt waterfowl, rabbits, bighorn sheep and other mammals in the regions they passed through.<ref name=":1" />
KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History |volume=73 |issue=4| pages=417–449| publisher=Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society | jstor=30246559|via=[[Taylor & Francis]] | doi=10.1179/kiv.2008.73.4.003 |s2cid=129614910}}</ref> The men were the primary hunters, they would hunt waterfowl, rabbits, bighorn sheep, and other mammals in the regions they passed through.<ref name=":1" />


===Paiute archery===
===Paiute archery===

====Bows====
====Bows====
There is a bow collected by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1872.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12034-0.</ref> Made from a hardwood branch, possibly [[Mesquite]] or [[Cercocarpus|mountain mahogany]], and is 38 5/8 inches from tip to tip. The bow is round in cross section, and the string is two ply sinew. It has a sinew back, and the sinew has been stained with a reddish brown ocher. The bow is utilitarian and still has carving marks, as to be expected of a practical weapon in a hostile and harsh desert environment.<ref name="Primitive Archer">Berger, Billy. 2010. "Treasures of the Smithsonian. Part V. Archery of the Southwestern United States: Paiute. " [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881085890 Primitive Archer]. Volume 18 (5). October–November 2010. Pages 2025.</ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1006831501 Photograph of Willard George Shooting a Bow and Arrow (Neb.), 1899–1900]. University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, n.d. Notes: Taken in Nebraska, Willard George (left) is showing a relative how to shoot a Paiute bow and arrow.</ref>

There is a bow collected by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1872.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12034-0.</ref> Made from a hardwood branch, possibly [[Mesquite]] or [[Cercocarpus|mountain mahogany]], and is 38 5/8 inches from tip to tip. The bow is round in cross section, and the string is two ply sinew. It has a sinew back, and the sinew has been stained with a reddish brown ochre. The bow is utilitarian and still has carving marks, as to be expected of a practical weapon in a hostile and harsh desert environment.<ref name="Primitive Archer">Berger, Billy. 2010. "Treasures of the Smithsonian. Part V. Archery of the Southwestern United States: Paiute. " [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881085890 Primitive Archer]. Volume 18 (5). October–November 2010. Pages 2025.</ref>
Another photograph is taken of a Paiute bow and arrow.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1006831501 Photograph of Willard George Shooting a Bow and Arrow (Neb.), 1899–1900]. University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, n.d. Notes: Taken in Nebraska, Willard George (left) is showing a relative how to shoot a Paiute bow and arrow.</ref>


====Arrows====
====Arrows====

A set of Paiute arrows was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1874.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue number E-14539.</ref> Only one arrow has a point. The arrowhead is attached by pine pitch glue. There are sinew wrappings behind the point, but they are to prevent the shaft from splitting when the target is hit. The feathers are hawk and buzzard.<ref name="Primitive Archer"/>
A set of Paiute arrows was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1874.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue number E-14539.</ref> Only one arrow has a point. The arrowhead is attached by pine pitch glue. There are sinew wrappings behind the point, but they are to prevent the shaft from splitting when the target is hit. The feathers are hawk and buzzard.<ref name="Primitive Archer"/>


====Quivers and bowcases====
====Quivers and bowcases====

A Paiute arrow quiver was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1872.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12038-0.</ref> The quiver is made of deerskin with thick hair still on the case, showing the deer was killed in the winter, and is sewn with two ply sinew, much like the bowstring. "The quiver is plain, with no decoration, as would be expected of a desert dwelling culture."<ref name="Primitive Archer"/>
A Paiute arrow quiver was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1872.<ref>Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12038-0.</ref> The quiver is made of deerskin with thick hair still on the case, showing the deer was killed in the winter, and is sewn with two ply sinew, much like the bowstring. "The quiver is plain, with no decoration, as would be expected of a desert dwelling culture."<ref name="Primitive Archer"/>


===Holy land traditions===
=== Organization of the Southern Paiute people ===
The Southern Paiute people believe in Puaxant Tuvip, or power land. It is their holy land that links to many significant landmarks in Southern Paiute memory and stories. For instance Nuvagantu, or [[Mount Charleston]] in Nevada is a holy landmark that the Southern Paiute people believe was where they were created. These holy lands were places that the separate families or tribes would come to barter, trade, socialize and perform religious ceremonies. Another large landmark that is culturally significant to the Southern Paiute is the [[Colorado River|Colorado river]] and the [[Grand Canyon]]. The modern-day importance of these holy lands is that the Southern Paiute claim the supernaturally given right to know what happens and the impacts of any projects that occur in their holy lands.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stoffle|first1=Richard W.|last2=Halmo|first2=David B.|last3=Austin|first3=Diane E.|date=1997|title=Cultural Landscapes and Traditional Cultural Properties: A Southern Paiute View of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272644541 |via=[[ResearchGate]]|journal=American Indian Quarterly |volume=21| issue=2|pages=229 |doi=10.2307/1185646| issn=0095-182X|jstor=1185646}}</ref>


==Organization of the Southern Paiute people==
[[File:Sketch-1683230518236~3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Koosharem Southern Paiute people in [[Koosharem, Utah]] 1905.]]
[[File:Southern Paiute Native Americans in Koosharem, Utah, 1905.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Koosharem Southern Paiute people in [[Koosharem, Utah]] 1905.]]


One important aspect of gathering food was the social aspect, often families would come together for foraging and games and then depart and go their different ways. The Southern Paiutes were not organized tribally. Groups were instead made up of small family units that would occasionally come together with others to socialize. Each group was about 10-50 related people. Family ties were very important to these groups and determined group movements and interdependence among groups. Marriages were thus very important to the Southern Paiutes.
One important aspect of gathering food was the social aspect, often families would come together for foraging and games and then depart and go their different ways. The Southern Paiute were not organized tribally. Groups were instead made up of small family units that would occasionally come together with others to socialize. Each group was about 10-50 related people. Family ties were very important to these groups and determined group movements and interdependence among groups. Marriages were thus very important to the Southern Paiute.


The leader of the group was called a Headman, and he would be old enough to know a lot about the land, but young enough to still participate in the tribes activities, and he usually had several different family ties within the group. His job was to wake early in the morning, and using his knowledge he would make specific suggestions of what he thought the tribe should do that day, and if people thought his observations were astute they would follow him, if not then they wouldn't. His suggestions would be based on the weather, season, and abundance of food. If over time they stopped following his ideas and instead turned to another, then the Headman leader title would move onto that person. The Headman also was supposed to settle any disputes that came up.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CixmFMIDfhoC&q=Headman|title=Boundaries between : the Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995|last=Knack|first=Martha C.|date=2004|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|isbn=9780803278189|pages=20–25|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Oftentimes different sub-units of the Southern Paiutes would be classified by the settlers coming in from Europe based on what they ate. So you had those who ate waada seeds, those who ate trout, those who ate cattails, etc.<ref name=":0" /> While the Southern Paiute people are categorized as one group, there were subgroups within the whole that were differentiated based on location and dialect.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steward |first=Julian |title=University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology |publisher=[[University of California Press]]|location=Berkeley, California |year=1933 |pages=233–250 |language=English}}</ref>
The leader of the group was called a Headman, and he would be old enough to know a lot about the land, but young enough to still participate in the tribes activities, and he usually had several different family ties within the group. His job was to wake early in the morning, and using his knowledge he would make specific suggestions of what he thought the tribe should do that day, and if people thought his observations were astute they would follow him, if not then they would not. His suggestions would be based on the weather, season, and abundance of food. If over time they stopped following his ideas and instead turned to another, then the Headman leader title would move onto that person. The Headman also was supposed to settle any disputes that came up.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CixmFMIDfhoC&q=Headman|title=Boundaries between : the Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995|last=Knack|first=Martha C.|date=2004|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|isbn=9780803278189|pages=20–25|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Oftentimes, different sub-units of the Southern Paiute would be classified by the settlers coming in from Europe based on what they ate. So you had those who ate waada seeds, those who ate trout, those who ate cattails, etc.<ref name=":0" /> While the Southern Paiute people are categorized as one group, there were subgroups within the whole that were differentiated based on location and dialect.<ref>{{cite book |last=Steward |first=Julian |title=University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology |publisher=[[University of California Press]]|location=Berkeley, California |year=1933 |pages=233–250 |language=English}}</ref>


==== Subgroups Within Southern Paiute People ====
===Traditional Southern Paiute bands===
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The Southern Paiute traditionally had 16 to 31 subgroups, bands, or tribes,{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}} including the following:
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* '''Ankakkani'kacimi''' ('''Un-ka-ka'-ni-guts, Unka-kanig-its''', '''Oaw'tuhus'eng'''):
===== Kaibab Paiute =====
: "Yellow Mouth of Canyon People" in present [[Long Valley (Kane County, Utah)|Long Valley]]
* '''Antarianunts''' (Ute name with ending ''unts'', Paiute name '''Yantarɨi'''):
: Mixed Southern Paiute-Ute band from [[Escalante River]] east to Colorado River and southeast to [[Henry Mountains]], Utah{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}}
* Beaver band ('''Kʷi?umpacíɨi''', '''Kwiumpus''', '''Quiumputs)'''):
: "''[[Frasera speciosa]]'' people", lived in [[Beaver Valley (Utah)|Beaver Valley]] along [[Beaver River (Utah)|Beaver River]] near today's [[Beaver, Utah]],{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}} some intermarried with the [[Pahvant]] [[Ute people|Ute]] band to the north living in the deserts near [[Sevier Lake]]
* '''Cedar band''' ('''Ankappanukkicɨcimɨ''', '''Unkapanukuints'''):
: "Red-stream people", or '''Suh’dutsing''', "Cedar people" from near [[Cedar City, Utah]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}}
* '''[[Chemehuevi]]''' {{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɛ|m|ᵻ|ˈ|w|eɪ|v|i}} ('''Nüwüwü''', Tantáwats):
: Branch of Southern Paiute,<ref>{{cite book |last=Trafzer |first=Clifford E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GA81CgAAQBAJ |title=A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe |date=2015-08-01 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=978-0-295-80582-5 |publication-place=Seattle, Washington |publication-date=June 2015 |pages=17–18 |via=[[Google Books]]|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ocampo |first=Daisy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYa6EAAAQBAJ |title=Where We Belong: Chemehuevi and Caxcan Preservation of Sacred Mountains |date=2023-06-13 |publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-8165-4868-2 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=56|via=[[Google Books]]|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chemehuevi Indian Tribe |url=https://sctca.net/chemehuevi-indian-tribe/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association}}</ref> southernmost of the groups.<ref>{{cite book |last=Knack |first=Martha C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CixmFMIDfhoC |title=Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995 |date=2004-11-01 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |isbn=978-0-8032-7818-9 |page=96 |url-access=limited |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=349288 |title=Nuwuvi: A Southern Paiute History |date=1976 |publisher=Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada |year=1976 |page=10 |via=[[University of Utah]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Lefler |first=Brian |title=Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ecological Knowledge of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands: Implications for Conservation and Sustainable Resource Use in Two Southern Nevada Protected Areas |date=2000-01-01 |degree=Master of Anthropology |publisher=[[Portland State University]] |doi=10.15760/etd.2006 |page=10|s2cid=126665057 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* '''Gunlock band''' ('''Matooshats''', '''Matissatï'''):
: Name given them by their southern neighbors, the ''St. George band/Uainuints'', Gunlocks instead bestowed the term to some Southern Paiute bands northeast of them. Lived near [[Gunlock, Utah|Gunlock]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}} in southwest Utah
* '''[[Kaibab Paiute|Kaibab]]''' ('''Kai'vi'vits''', '''Kaipapicɨcimɨ''', '''Kaivavwits''', '''Kaibabits''', '''Kaipa'pici''', '''Kaivavituvingui'''):
: "Mountain Lying Down People" the [[Kaibab Plateau]] and [[Kaibab National Forest]] in northern Arizona are named after them{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* '''Indian Peak Band''' ('''Kwee’choovunt'''):
: "Peak People"
* '''Kaiparowits''':
: "Mountain home of the people", lived along the [[Escalante River]] and were hunting the [[Kaiparowits Plateau]] in Utah,{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}} therefore also known as Escalante band
* '''[[Las Vegas Paiute|Las Vegas band]]''' ('''Nɨpakantɨcimɨ''', '''Nuvagantucimi'''):
: "People of [[Mount Charleston|Charleston Peak]]"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* '''[[Moapa Band of Paiute Indians|Moapa]]''' ('''Muapaa, Moapats'''):
: "Muddy Creek Paiute"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}<ref>Yanawant Paiute Places and Landscapes in the Arizona Strip: Volume Two Of The Arizona Strip Landscapes and Place Name Study, Part 2, Page 63 [http://npshistory.com/publications/para/yanawant-2.pdf Link]</ref>
* '''Pahranagat''' ('''Pata?nikicɨ'''):
: "Person who sticks his feet in the water", named for the [[Pahranagat Valley]], Nevada{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* '''Panaca''' ('''Tsouwaraits''', '''Matisabits'''):
: Named for [[Panaca, Nevada]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''Panguitch''' ('''Pakiucimi'''):
: "Fish people", named for [[Panguitch, Utah]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''[[San Juan Paiute|San Juan band]]''' ('''Kwaiantikowkets'''):
: "People being over on the opposite side", from the [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]] in northern Arizona{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''[[Shivwits]]''' ('''Sipicimi''', '''Shebits''', '''Sübüts'''):
: "People who live in the East"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}} or '''See’veetseng''', "Whitish Earth People"
* '''Uinkaret''' ('''Yipinkatɨtɨcimɨ'''):
: "People of Mount Trumbull"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''Uainuints''' ('''Uenuwunts''', '''Tonaquints'''):
: Hunted and farmed from [[Hebron, Utah|Hebron]] (Shoal Creek Fort), [[Enterprise, Utah|Enterprise]] and Pinto southward along the [[Santa Clara River (Utah)|Santa Clara River]] (also called ''Tonaquint River'') to his mouth into the [[Virgin River]] south of today's [[Saint George, Utah]], therefore called St. George Band){{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}


===Contemporary Southern Paiute federally recognized tribes===
The [[Kaibab Paiute]] were a semi-sedentary group who resided in modern-day northern Arizona and southern Utah.<ref name=":12">Stoffle, R. W., & Evans, M. J. (1976). Resource Competition and Population Change: A Kaibab Paiute Ethnohistorical Case. ''Ethnohistory'', ''23''(2), 173–197. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/481516</nowiki></ref> Their diet relied on the abundant natural flora and fauna found within their territory: cacti, berries, trees, fruits, roots, rodents, big cats, reptiles, insects, and other herbivores.<ref name=":12" /> Kaibab Paiute people utilized their permanent water sources for garden irrigation.<ref name=":12" /> They grew maize, beans, and squash using water from the Kanab creek - a major perennial stream - and artesian springs along the Vermillion Cliffs.<ref name=":12" /> In the 1860s, Mormon settlers usurped all of the Kaibab Paiute's permanent water sources in order to continue their development.<ref name=":12" /> This contributed to a significant population decline of the Kaibab Paiute people. After the arrival of Mormon settlers, approximately 82% of Kaibab Paiutes died, most from starvation.<ref>Powell, J.W., & Ingalls, G.W. (1874) "Report of J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls, Special Commissioners to Enumerate Indians in Nevada and Adjacent Places." Annual Report of the Commissioner of IndianAffairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year of 1873. Washington: Government Printing Office, pp. 4</ref> In 1909, the [[Kaibab Indian Reservation]] was established and it currently houses 76 Kaibab Paiute people.<ref>Hebner, & Plyler, M. (2010). Southern Paiute a portrait / William Logan Hebner ; photographs by Michael L. Plyler. Utah State University Press.</ref>
* [[Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona]]—[[Kaibab Indian Reservation]], [[Kaibab, Arizona]]

* [[Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony]]—[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
=====Moapa Paiute=====
* [[Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation]]—[[Moapa River Indian Reservation]], [[Moapa, Nevada]]

* [[Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah]]—[[Cedar City, Utah]]
=====San Juan Paiute=====

=====Chemehuevi=====
{{main|Chemehuevi}}

The [[Chemehuevi]] people are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trafzer |first=Clifford E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GA81CgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe |date=2015-08-01 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=978-0-295-80582-5 |publication-place=Seattle, Washington |publication-date=June 2015 |pages=17–18 |via=[[Google Books]]|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ocampo |first=Daisy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYa6EAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Where We Belong: Chemehuevi and Caxcan Preservation of Sacred Mountains |date=2023-06-13 |publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-8165-4868-2 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=56|via=[[Google Books]]|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chemehuevi Indian Tribe |url=https://sctca.net/chemehuevi-indian-tribe/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |publisher=Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Knack |first=Martha C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CixmFMIDfhoC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995 |date=2004-11-01 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |isbn=978-0-8032-7818-9 |page=96 |url-access=limited |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

=== Holy land traditions ===

The Southern Paiute people believe in Puaxant Tuvip, or power land. It is their holy land that links to many significant landmarks in the Southern Paiutes memory and stories. For instance Nuvagantu, or [[Mount Charleston|Mt. Charleston]] in Nevada is a holy landmark that the Southern Paiute people believe was where they were created. These holy lands were places that the separate families or tribes would come to barter, trade, socialize and perform religious ceremonies. Another large landmark that is culturally significant to the Southern Paiutes is the [[Colorado River|Colorado river]] and the [[Grand Canyon]]. The modern-day importance of these Holy Lands is that the Southern Paiutes claim the supernaturally given right to know what happens and the impacts of any projects that occur in their holy lands.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Stoffle|first1=Richard W.|last2=Halmo|first2=David B.|last3=Austin|first3=Diane E.|date=1997|title=Cultural Landscapes and Traditional Cultural Properties: A Southern Paiute View of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River|journal=American Indian Quarterly |volume=21| issue=2|pages=229 |doi=10.2307/1185646| issn=0095-182X|jstor=1185646}}</ref>

=== Modern-day flag ===

[[File:Flag of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.png|thumb|Flag of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah]]The Paiutes have a flag that was officially confirmed in 1997. Within it are several symbols for the tribe. First the colors, white symbolizes purity, the red and black are both for strength and power, and the yellow for healing and life. The biggest symbol is the eagle which represents their deity, then there are a series of images that relate to traditional songs and games the Southern Paiutes would play, the arrowheads that they were known for. Overall the image is supposed to represent a warrior's shield with the five eagle feathers hanging on the bottom representing the 5 modern-day tribes of the Southern Paiutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.utahpaiutes.org/about/paiutelogo.aspx |title=Paiute logo and flag information |last=Healy|first=Donald|date=2008|website=Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah}}</ref>

== Traditional Southern Paiute bands ==

The Southern Paiute traditionally had 16 to 31 subgroups, bands, or tribes.{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}}
* '''Ankakkani'kacimi''' ('''Un-ka-ka'-ni-guts, Unka-kanig-its''', '''Oaw'tuhus'eng'''), "Yellow Mouth of Canyon People" in present [[Long Valley (Kane County, Utah)|Long Valley]]
* '''Antarianunts''' (Ute name with ending ''unts''); Paiute name '''Yantarɨi''', mixed Southern Paiute-Ute band from [[Escalante River]] east to Colorado River and southeast to [[Henry Mountains]], Utah{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}}
* Beaver band ('''Kʷi?umpacíɨi''', '''Kwiumpus''', '''Quiumputs)''', "''[[Frasera speciosa]]'' people", lived in [[Beaver Valley (Utah)|Beaver Valley]] along [[Beaver River (Utah)|Beaver River]] near today's [[Beaver, Utah]],{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}} some intermarried with the [[Pahvant]] [[Ute people|Ute]] band to the north living in the deserts near [[Sevier Lake]]
* Cedar band ('''Ankappanukkicɨcimɨ)''', '''Unkapanukuints''', "Red-stream people", or '''Suh’dutsing''', "Cedar people" from near [[Cedar City, Utah]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=394}}
* Gunlock band ('''Matooshats''', '''Matissatï''' was the name given them by the southwards living ''St. George band/Uainuints'', they instead bestowed the term to Southern Paiute bands northeast of them), lived near [[Gunlock, Utah|Gunlock]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}} in southwest Utah
* '''[[Kaibab Paiute|Kaibab]]''' ('''Kai'vi'vits''', '''Kaipapicɨcimɨ''', '''Kaivavwits''', '''Kaibabits''', '''Kaipa'pici''', '''Kaivavituvingui''', "Mountain Lying Down People" the [[Kaibab Plateau]] and [[Kaibab National Forest]] in northern Arizona are named after them{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* Indian Peak Band ('''Kwee’choovunt'''), "Peak People"
* '''Kaiparowits''', "mountain home of the people", lived along the [[Escalante River]] and were hunting the [[Kaiparowits Plateau]] in Utah,{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}} therefore also known as Escalante band
* [[Las Vegas Paiute|Las Vegas band]] ('''Nɨpakantɨcimɨ''', '''Nuvagantucimi'''), "People of [[Mount Charleston|Charleston Peak]]"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* '''[[Moapa Band of Paiute Indians|Moapa]]''' ('''Muapaa, Moapats'''), "Muddy Creek Paiute"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}<ref>Yanawant Paiute Places and Landscapes in the Arizona Strip: Volume Two Of The Arizona Strip Landscapes and Place Name Study, Part 2, Page 63 [http://npshistory.com/publications/para/yanawant-2.pdf Link]</ref>
* '''Pahranagat''' ('''Pata?nikicɨ'''), "Person who sticks his feet in the water, named for the [[Pahranagat Valley]], Nevada{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=395}}
* '''Panaca''' ('''Tsouwaraits''', '''Matisabits'''), named for [[Panaca, Nevada]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''Panguitch''' ('''Pakiucimi'''), "fish people", named for [[Panguitch, Utah]]{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* [[San Juan Paiute|San Juan band]] ('''Kwaiantikowkets'''), "People being over on the opposite side", from the [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]] in northern Arizona{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''[[Shivwits]]''' ('''Sipicimi''', '''Shebits''', '''Sübüts'''), "People who live in the East"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}} or '''See’veetseng''', "Whitish Earth People"
* '''Uinkaret''' ('''Yipinkatɨtɨcimɨ'''), "People of Mount Trumbull"{{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}
* '''Uainuints''' ('''Uenuwunts''', also known as '''Tonaquints''', hunted and farmed from [[Hebron, Utah|Hebron]] (Shoal Creek Fort), [[Enterprise, Utah|Enterprise]] and Pinto southward along the [[Santa Clara River (Utah)|Santa Clara River]] (also called ''Tonaquint River'') to his mouth into the [[Virgin River]] south of today's [[Saint George, Utah]], therefore called St. George Band){{sfn|Kelly|Fowler|1986|p=396}}

== Contemporary Southern Paiute federally recognized tribes ==

* [[Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona]]—[[Kaibab Indian Reservation]], [[Arizona]]
* [[Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
* [[Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation]], [[Moapa River Indian Reservation]], [[Moapa, Nevada]]
* [[Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah]], [[Cedar City, Utah]]
** [[Cedar City Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Cedar City Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Kanosh Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Kanosh Band of Paiutes]]
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** [[Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Shivwits Band of Paiutes]]
** [[Shivwits Band of Paiutes]]
* [[San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona]], [[Tuba City, Arizona]]
* [[San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona]]—[[Navajo Nation]], [[Tuba City, Arizona]]


== Notable Southern Paiutes ==
==Notable Southern Paiute==
* [[Tau-gu]] (1845?–1895?): Leader in the 1870s
* [[Tony Tillohash]] (1886–1972): Linguist and politician


==Gallery of traditional dress, hairstyles, buildings, and basket making==
* [[Tony Tillohash]], linguist and politician
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Piute Indians, at Reno, by Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (cropped).jpg|Young men in Reno, Nevada, circa 1870
File:GROUP OF PAH-UTE INDIANS, NEVADA, COTTONWOOD SPRINGS - NARA - 524187.jpg|Paiute group Cottonwood Spring, Nevada, 1871
File:A Paiute drawing his bow and arrow, two others in festive costume, 10-1872 - NARA - 517727.jpg|Traditional dress and hunting bow, 1872
File:08966 Grand Canyon Powell Expedition 1873 (4686303859).jpg|Basket weaver photographed circa 1873
File:Paiutes1880.jpg|Paiute near Mountain Meadows, southwestern Utah, 1880
File:Bulletin (1919) (20238401718).jpg|Chipping a stone knife, 1901
File:Paiute basket maker LCCN91481781.tif|Basket maker, 1902
File:Paiute family (?) resting outside of mud and grass hut LCCN2006679025.jpg|Homes, circa 1906
File:Paiute Indian group posed in front of adobe house LCCN98506606.tif|Adobe house, 1909
</gallery>


== Notes ==
==Notes==
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== References ==
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== Sources ==
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* {{cite web|last=Hogan|first=C. Michael|title=Morro Creek – Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The West|date=2008|work=The Megalith Portal|editor-first=A.|editor-last=Burnham|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524184144/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18502|archive-date=24 May 2013|url-status=live}}
| title = Derrotero de los Padres Fray Francisco Atanacio Domínguez, and Fr. Silvestre Vélez, de Escalante, en sus exploraciónes, desde las missiones de Zuñy del Nuevo Mexico, hasta las ymmediaciones de Monte Rey de California
* {{cite encyclopedia|last1=Kelly|first1=Isabel T.|last2=Fowler|first2=Catherine S.|author2-link=Catherine S. Fowler|date=1986|chapter=Southern Paiute|pages=368–397|editor-last=d'Azevedo|editor-first=Warren L.|encyclopedia=[[Handbook of North American Indians]]|volume='''11''' Great Basin|others=[[William C. Sturtevant]], general editor|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|isbn=978-0-16-004581-3}}
| first1 = Atanasio
* {{cite book|last=Kroeber|first=Alfred L.|author-link=Alfred L. Kroeber|date=1925|title=Handbook of the Indians of California|publisher=Government Printing Office|series=Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology)|volume=78|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87612#page/7/mode/1up}}
| last1 = Dominguez
* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Pritzker|first=Barry M.|date=2000|encyclopedia=A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples|publisher=OUP|isbn=978-0-19-513877-1|title=Paiute, Southern|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanen0000prit/page/230/mode/1up}}
| first2 = Silvestre <!--{{sfn|Dominguez|de Escalante|1776
* {{cite book|translator-last=Chávez|translator-first=Angélico|editor-last=Warner|editor-first=Ted J.|others=foreword by Robert Himmerich y Valencia|date=1995|title=The Domínguez–Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776|publisher=University of Utah Press|isbn=978-0-87480-447-8|title-link=Dominguez–Escalante Expedition}}
}} -->
| last2 = Vélez de Escalante
| date = 1776
| url = http://mith.umd.edu/eada/gateway/diario/diary.html
}}
* {{cite web
| last1 = Hogan
| first1 = C. Michael
| title = Morro Creek – Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The West
| date = 2008
| work = The Megalith Portal
| editor1-first = A.
| editor1-last = Burnham
| url = http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18502
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130524184144/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18502
| archive-date = 24 May 2013
| url-status = live
}}
* {{cite encyclopedia
| last1 = Kelly
| first1 = Isabel T.
| last2 = Fowler
| first2 = Catherine S.
| author2-link = Catherine S. Fowler
| date = 1986
| chapter = Southern Paiute
| pages = 368–397
| editor1-last = d'Azevedo
| editor1-first = Warren L.
| encyclopedia = [[Handbook of North American Indians]]
| volume = '''11''' Great Basin
| others = [[William C. Sturtevant]], general editor
| publisher = Smithsonian Institution
| isbn = 978-0-16-004581-3
}}
* {{cite book
| last1 = Kroeber
| first1 = Alfred L.
| author1-link = Alfred L. Kroeber
| date = 1925
| title = Handbook of the Indians of California
| publisher = Government Printing Office
| series = Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology)
| volume = 78
| location = Washington, D. C.
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87612#page/7/mode/1up
}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1 = Pritzker
|first1 = Barry M.
|date = 2000
|encyclopedia = A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
|publisher = OUP
|isbn = 978-0-19-513877-1
|title = Paiute, Southern
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanen0000prit/page/230/mode/1up
}}
* {{Cite book
| translator1-last = Chávez
| translator1-first = Angélico
| editor1-last = Warner
| editor1-first = Ted J.
| others = foreword by Robert Himmerich y Valencia
| date = 1995
| title = The Domínguez–Escalante journal : their expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776
| publisher = University of Utah Press
| isbn = 978-0-87480-447-8
| title-link = Dominguez–Escalante Expedition
}}

{{refend}}
{{refend}}


== Further reading ==
==Further reading==

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{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite book|last=Dutton|first=Bertha Pauline|date=1976|title=The Ranchería, Ute, and Southern Paiute Peoples|publisher=Prentice-Hall|edition=2nd|isbn=978-0-13-752923-0}}
* {{cite book
| last1 = Dutton
| first1 = Bertha Pauline
| date = 1976
| title = The Ranchería, Ute, and Southern Paiute Peoples
| publisher = Prentice-Hall
| edition = 2nd
| isbn = 978-0-13-752923-0
}}

{{refend}}
{{refend}}


== External links ==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Paiute}}
{{Commons category|Paiute}}


=== Tribes ===
===Tribes===
* [http://www.utahpaiutes.org/ Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah]
* [http://www.utahpaiutes.org/ Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah]


=== Language ===
===Language===
* [https://www.ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla%3A124402 Southern Paiute Collection of Charles Cairns] at [[Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America|AILLA]]—contains audio recordings of words, phrases, and a story in the Southern Paiute language.
* [https://www.ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla%3A124402 Southern Paiute Collection of Charles Cairns] at [[Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America|AILLA]]{{snd}}contains audio recordings of words, phrases, and a story in the Southern Paiute language.


=== Other ===
===Other===
* [https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-1506652361/removing-classrooms-from-the-battlefield-liberty "Removing Classrooms from the Battlefield: Liberty, Paternalism, and the Redemptive Promise of Educational Choice", 2008 ''BYU Law Review'' 377]
* [https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-1506652361/removing-classrooms-from-the-battlefield-liberty "Removing Classrooms from the Battlefield: Liberty, Paternalism, and the Redemptive Promise of Educational Choice", 2008 ''BYU Law Review'' 377]
* "The Piutes and the Legacy of [[Richard Henry Pratt]]"{{clarify|date=May 2014}}
* "The Piutes and the Legacy of [[Richard Henry Pratt]]"{{clarify|date=May 2014}}
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Southern Paiute
Nuwuvi
Moapa woman and girl in traditional Paiute basket hats near Las Vegas, circa 1900. Baby swaddled in rabbit robes in cradleboard.
Regions with significant populations
 United States
( Arizona,  Nevada,  Utah,  California)
Languages
Colorado River Numic (ISO 639-3, ute), English
Religion
Indigenous religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Ute, Chemehuevi, Kawaiisu

The Southern Paiute people /ˈpjuːt/ are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted federal recognition on several reservations. Southern Paiute's traditionally spoke Colorado River Numic, which is now a critically endangered language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, and is mutually intelligible with Ute.[1] The term Paiute comes from paa (meaning water in Ute /ˈjuːt/) and refers to their preference for living near water sources.[2] Before European colonization, they practiced springtime, floodplain farming with reservoirs and irrigation ditches for corn, squash, melons, gourds, sunflowers, beans, and wheat.[2]

The first European contact with the Southern Paiute occurred in 1776, when fathers Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez encountered them during an attempt to find an overland route to the missions of California. They noted that some of the Southern Paiute men "had thick beards and were thought to look more in appearance like Spanish men than native Americans".[a] Before this date, the Southern Paiute suffered slave raids by the Navajo and the Ute. The arrival of Spanish and later European American explorers into their territory increased slave raiding by other tribes. In 1851, Mormon settlers strategically occupied Paiute water sources, which created a dependency relationship.[citation needed] However, the presence of Mormon settlers soon ended the slave raids, and relations between the Paiute and the Mormons were basically peaceful.[citation needed] The Mormon missionary Jacob Hamblin worked at diplomatic efforts. The introduction of European settlers and agricultural practices (most especially large herds of cattle) made it difficult for the Southern Paiute to continue their traditional lifestyle, as it drove away the game and reduced their ability to hunt, as well as to gather natural foods.

Ancestral lands of Southern Paiute groups overlaid on a map of the Colorado River and current US state boundaries.[3][4][5]

Today, Southern Paiute communities are located at Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Moapa, in Nevada; Cedar City, Kanosh, Koosharem, Shivwits, and Indian Peaks, in Utah; at Kaibab and Willow Springs, in Arizona.

Public relations

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Early policy

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Prior to the 1850s, the Paiute people lived relatively peacefully with the other Native American groups. These groups included the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi peoples.[6] Though there was the occasional tension and violent outbreaks between groups, the Paiute were mainly able to live in peace with other tribes and settlers due to their loose social structure. Most Paiute lived in small familial groups, and only gathered together in large settings for matters of trade and commerce.[6] Prior to the 1850s, their biggest antagonists were raiders from competing peoples such as the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi. The Navajos were particularly known for intruding on Paiute grazing land and engaging in raids to capture Paiute women and children for the slave trade.[7]

Prior to the 1860s, there had been no long-term development of the land. Most of the non-native contact they had was with transient militants or traders. Paiute fought hard to defend their ancestral lands, and at first were successful in driving the settlers out. During the second half of the 1800s, the most prominent groups to migrate to Paiute lands were members and missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and silver miners in Pioche, Nevada.[8] In 1869, a rich investor named François Louis Alfred Pioche invested in a silver mine in the town of Pioche, which initially depended upon cheap Paiute labor to work in the mines. The conditions in the mines caused a dramatic decline in the Paiute population.[8] Paiute children were mandated to attend American schools, which attempted to assimilate them as much as possible.[9] By the early 1900s, there were approximately 800 Paiute people.[10]

Modern relations

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In the 1950s, the Indian termination policies of the federal government stripped the Paiute of their health and educational benefits, federal tax protection, and agricultural assistance. This left them on their own in a weak and unstable state.[11] The first attempt of reconciliation was made in 1980, with the Restoration Act, which recognized the Paiute as a tribe. It united the five main bands into one tribe: the Cedars, Indian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Shivwits.[12] The bill also restored the bands to a system of federal aid and support.

Culture

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Basket weaving

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Southern Paiute woven hat from 1876 at a Harvard University museum.

One of the most important skills the women of the Paiute tribes had was their basket weaving skills. They would often use red-stemmed willows to weave their baskets. These skills were used in almost every aspect of their lives, and the skill is believed to have been passed down from mother to daughter for at least 9,000 years. When they would go to gather and forage they would carry large conical baskets on their back to collect things.

Specific tools were created including ones to strip fruit off of bushes and trees, ones used for winnowing, and ones used to get to roots better. They would also tightly weave these big baskets with clay and resin to create cooking pots and water jugs. Oftentimes, smaller tools were left behind, whereas bigger products such as cooking pots went with the families as they moved around. Based on the region the families were located determined different uses for the weaving. For instance, those who lived by marshes learned to create duck decoys, nets, and rafts to better hunt the water fowl. Another use for this skill was to create their houses. They would use long thin grasses to tightly weave stalks of Cattails together, and in doing so they created these long board-like sections of grasses that they would set up around long willow limbs stuck in the ground.[13]

Traditional diet

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A staple food for the Southern Paiute was the bitterroot. They also depended on wild carrot, wild onion, and chokecherries. Chokecherries were useful in more ways than one - their stems were brewed to make a sweet drink, and their berries would be crushed, then dried to be saved for later. When aphids came and swarmed the cane plants, they would leave small drops of nectar where they punctured the cane stalk. Knowing this the Southern Paiute women would take the cane rods and beat them until the small dried droplets came loose. These droplets were then tossed in a winnowing dish to be separated from the remnants of the cane. Often these small particles were the main income of sweetness for the people.[13] Another seed they would gather are waada seeds, minuscule black seeds that would be ground up into meal.[14] Those who lived in a region with an adequate water supply would set up farms, complete with ditch irrigation. The biggest crops were maize, squash, and wheat.[15] The men were the primary hunters, they would hunt waterfowl, rabbits, bighorn sheep, and other mammals in the regions they passed through.[14]

Paiute archery

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Bows

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There is a bow collected by the Smithsonian Institution in 1872.[16] Made from a hardwood branch, possibly Mesquite or mountain mahogany, and is 38 5/8 inches from tip to tip. The bow is round in cross section, and the string is two ply sinew. It has a sinew back, and the sinew has been stained with a reddish brown ocher. The bow is utilitarian and still has carving marks, as to be expected of a practical weapon in a hostile and harsh desert environment.[17][18]

Arrows

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A set of Paiute arrows was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1874.[19] Only one arrow has a point. The arrowhead is attached by pine pitch glue. There are sinew wrappings behind the point, but they are to prevent the shaft from splitting when the target is hit. The feathers are hawk and buzzard.[17]

Quivers and bowcases

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A Paiute arrow quiver was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1872.[20] The quiver is made of deerskin with thick hair still on the case, showing the deer was killed in the winter, and is sewn with two ply sinew, much like the bowstring. "The quiver is plain, with no decoration, as would be expected of a desert dwelling culture."[17]

Holy land traditions

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The Southern Paiute people believe in Puaxant Tuvip, or power land. It is their holy land that links to many significant landmarks in Southern Paiute memory and stories. For instance Nuvagantu, or Mount Charleston in Nevada is a holy landmark that the Southern Paiute people believe was where they were created. These holy lands were places that the separate families or tribes would come to barter, trade, socialize and perform religious ceremonies. Another large landmark that is culturally significant to the Southern Paiute is the Colorado river and the Grand Canyon. The modern-day importance of these holy lands is that the Southern Paiute claim the supernaturally given right to know what happens and the impacts of any projects that occur in their holy lands.[21]

Organization of the Southern Paiute people

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Koosharem Southern Paiute people in Koosharem, Utah 1905.

One important aspect of gathering food was the social aspect, often families would come together for foraging and games and then depart and go their different ways. The Southern Paiute were not organized tribally. Groups were instead made up of small family units that would occasionally come together with others to socialize. Each group was about 10-50 related people. Family ties were very important to these groups and determined group movements and interdependence among groups. Marriages were thus very important to the Southern Paiute.

The leader of the group was called a Headman, and he would be old enough to know a lot about the land, but young enough to still participate in the tribes activities, and he usually had several different family ties within the group. His job was to wake early in the morning, and using his knowledge he would make specific suggestions of what he thought the tribe should do that day, and if people thought his observations were astute they would follow him, if not then they would not. His suggestions would be based on the weather, season, and abundance of food. If over time they stopped following his ideas and instead turned to another, then the Headman leader title would move onto that person. The Headman also was supposed to settle any disputes that came up.[22] Oftentimes, different sub-units of the Southern Paiute would be classified by the settlers coming in from Europe based on what they ate. So you had those who ate waada seeds, those who ate trout, those who ate cattails, etc.[13] While the Southern Paiute people are categorized as one group, there were subgroups within the whole that were differentiated based on location and dialect.[23]

Traditional Southern Paiute bands

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Shivwits Southern Paiute in 1875.

The Southern Paiute traditionally had 16 to 31 subgroups, bands, or tribes,[24] including the following:

  • Ankakkani'kacimi (Un-ka-ka'-ni-guts, Unka-kanig-its, Oaw'tuhus'eng):
"Yellow Mouth of Canyon People" in present Long Valley
  • Antarianunts (Ute name with ending unts, Paiute name Yantarɨi):
Mixed Southern Paiute-Ute band from Escalante River east to Colorado River and southeast to Henry Mountains, Utah[24]
  • Beaver band (Kʷi?umpacíɨi, Kwiumpus, Quiumputs)):
"Frasera speciosa people", lived in Beaver Valley along Beaver River near today's Beaver, Utah,[24] some intermarried with the Pahvant Ute band to the north living in the deserts near Sevier Lake
  • Cedar band (Ankappanukkicɨcimɨ, Unkapanukuints):
"Red-stream people", or Suh’dutsing, "Cedar people" from near Cedar City, Utah[24]
Branch of Southern Paiute,[25][26][27] southernmost of the groups.[28][29][30]
  • Gunlock band (Matooshats, Matissatï):
Name given them by their southern neighbors, the St. George band/Uainuints, Gunlocks instead bestowed the term to some Southern Paiute bands northeast of them. Lived near Gunlock[31] in southwest Utah
  • Kaibab (Kai'vi'vits, Kaipapicɨcimɨ, Kaivavwits, Kaibabits, Kaipa'pici, Kaivavituvingui):
"Mountain Lying Down People" the Kaibab Plateau and Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona are named after them[31]
  • Indian Peak Band (Kwee’choovunt):
"Peak People"
  • Kaiparowits:
"Mountain home of the people", lived along the Escalante River and were hunting the Kaiparowits Plateau in Utah,[31] therefore also known as Escalante band
"People of Charleston Peak"[31]
"Muddy Creek Paiute"[31][32]
  • Pahranagat (Pata?nikicɨ):
"Person who sticks his feet in the water", named for the Pahranagat Valley, Nevada[31]
  • Panaca (Tsouwaraits, Matisabits):
Named for Panaca, Nevada[33]
  • Panguitch (Pakiucimi):
"Fish people", named for Panguitch, Utah[33]
"People being over on the opposite side", from the San Juan River in northern Arizona[33]
"People who live in the East"[33] or See’veetseng, "Whitish Earth People"
  • Uinkaret (Yipinkatɨtɨcimɨ):
"People of Mount Trumbull"[33]
  • Uainuints (Uenuwunts, Tonaquints):
Hunted and farmed from Hebron (Shoal Creek Fort), Enterprise and Pinto southward along the Santa Clara River (also called Tonaquint River) to his mouth into the Virgin River south of today's Saint George, Utah, therefore called St. George Band)[33]

Contemporary Southern Paiute federally recognized tribes

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Notable Southern Paiute

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Peoples of Mesa Verde: The Ute–Southern Paiute Connection". Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "About The Southern Paiute". National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Stoffle, Richard W.; Loendorf, Lawrence; Austin, Diane E.; Halmo, David B.; Bulletts, Angelita (February 2000). "Ghost Dancing the Grand Canyon: Southern Paiute Rock Art, Ceremony, and Cultural Landscapes". Current Anthropology. 41 (1). Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 12. doi:10.1086/300101. PMID 10593723. S2CID 142526911. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via ResearchGate.
  4. ^ Richard, Arnold; Spoon, Jeremy. "Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ancestral Territory". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute)". Native Land Digital. August 7, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Holt, Ronald L. (April 22, 2016). "Paiute Indians". Utah State Department of Community & Cultural Engagement.
  7. ^ Bunte, Pamela; Franklin, Robert (1992). "You Can't Get There from Here: Southern Paiute Testimony as Intercultural Communication". Anthropological Linguistics. 34 (1/4): 19–44. JSTOR 30028366.
  8. ^ a b Reeve, W. Paul (2006). "Mormons, Miners, and Southern Paiutes". Making Space on the Western Frontier. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252031267. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt1xcnr6.
  9. ^ Riggs, Christopher K. (2000). "American Indians, Economic Development, and Self-Determination in the 1960s". Pacific Historical Review. 69 (3): 431–463. doi:10.2307/3641716. JSTOR 3641716.
  10. ^ Indian Tribe of Utah: History Utahpaiutes.org. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  11. ^ Holt, Ronald L.: Paiute Indians." Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, 17 Aug. 2016, heritage.utah.gov/history/uhg-first-peoples-paiute-indians.
  12. ^ "Our History – the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah".
  13. ^ a b c Patapoff, E. (Director) (1979). The Earth is Our Home. Retrieved October 12, 2018 – via Kanopy.
  14. ^ a b Cultural Resources Management program (2012). "Rock Art of the Malheur Marshlands The Wada'Tika: Ancestors of Today's Burns Paiute Tribe, Oregon". US Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  15. ^ Allison, James R.; Meegan, Cathryn M.; Murray, Shawn Sabrina (2008). "Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah". KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. 73 (4). Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society: 417–449. doi:10.1179/kiv.2008.73.4.003. JSTOR 30246559. S2CID 129614910 – via Taylor & Francis.
  16. ^ Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12034-0.
  17. ^ a b c Berger, Billy. 2010. "Treasures of the Smithsonian. Part V. Archery of the Southwestern United States: Paiute. " Primitive Archer. Volume 18 (5). October–November 2010. Pages 2025.
  18. ^ Photograph of Willard George Shooting a Bow and Arrow (Neb.), 1899–1900. University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, n.d. Notes: Taken in Nebraska, Willard George (left) is showing a relative how to shoot a Paiute bow and arrow.
  19. ^ Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue number E-14539.
  20. ^ Smithsonian Institution, Department of Anthropology, Catalogue Number E-12038-0.
  21. ^ Stoffle, Richard W.; Halmo, David B.; Austin, Diane E. (1997). "Cultural Landscapes and Traditional Cultural Properties: A Southern Paiute View of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River". American Indian Quarterly. 21 (2): 229. doi:10.2307/1185646. ISSN 0095-182X. JSTOR 1185646 – via ResearchGate.
  22. ^ Knack, Martha C. (2004). Boundaries between : the Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 20–25. ISBN 9780803278189 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ Steward, Julian (1933). University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 233–250.
  24. ^ a b c d Kelly & Fowler 1986, p. 394.
  25. ^ Trafzer, Clifford E. (August 1, 2015). A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press (published June 2015). pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-295-80582-5 – via Google Books.
  26. ^ Ocampo, Daisy (June 13, 2023). Where We Belong: Chemehuevi and Caxcan Preservation of Sacred Mountains. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8165-4868-2 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  27. ^ "Chemehuevi Indian Tribe". Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  28. ^ Knack, Martha C. (November 1, 2004). Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995. University of Nebraska Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8032-7818-9 – via Google Books.
  29. ^ Nuwuvi: A Southern Paiute History. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. 1976. p. 10 – via University of Utah.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  30. ^ Lefler, Brian (January 1, 2000). Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Ecological Knowledge of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands: Implications for Conservation and Sustainable Resource Use in Two Southern Nevada Protected Areas (Master of Anthropology thesis). Portland State University. p. 10. doi:10.15760/etd.2006. S2CID 126665057.
  31. ^ a b c d e f Kelly & Fowler 1986, p. 395.
  32. ^ Yanawant Paiute Places and Landscapes in the Arizona Strip: Volume Two Of The Arizona Strip Landscapes and Place Name Study, Part 2, Page 63 Link
  33. ^ a b c d e f Kelly & Fowler 1986, p. 396.

Sources

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Further reading

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  • Dutton, Bertha Pauline (1976). The Ranchería, Ute, and Southern Paiute Peoples (2nd ed.). Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-752923-0.
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Tribes

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Language

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Other

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