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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For the Southern Paiute and Western Shoshone, Eagle Mountain holds profound cultural significance — woven into their creation stories and Salt Songs, understood as a “passage to the sky.”
From Los Angeles Times
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.
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
It also was approved this week by the San Juan Southern Paiute and Hopi tribes.
From Seattle Times
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.
From Seattle Times
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