Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation (
Language
The 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
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
Government
The 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
The reservation is served by the Lone Pine Unified School District.
Notes
- ^ 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
- Mono traditional narratives
- Mono language (California)
- Timbisha language
- Population of Native California
- Population history of American indigenous peoples
- Native Americans in the United States
References
- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.
External links
- Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation, official site
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