variants
or less commonly Piute
1
plural Paiute or Paiutes also Piute or Piutes
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples originally inhabiting western and southern parts of the U.S. Great Basin
2
: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people
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The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe gained federal recognition in 1989.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
Over the past three and a half years, the Biden administration has also provided funding for Indian water rights settlements, including a historic $5 billion settlement in July that included the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
Four young Paiute Indians from Utah, who had come west with a wagon train, became involved in a tit-for-tat skirmish with some local cowboys that resulted in several deaths and, according to local historians, the Piutes burning a sawmill.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Plus: The bill would transfer over 30,000 acres of federal and private land to a trust overseen by the Burns Paiute Tribe.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
The local Paiute Tribe then collected the body for a Native burial.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
Podmore dedicates a full chapter, rich with environmental history and canyon descriptions, to the land and opportunities stolen from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Navajo Nation that could be justly returned if Glen Canyon Dam is decommissioned.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
The Navajo Nation currently includes the lands of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe as outlined in the treaty between the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
Indigenous people of North America had quite different perspectives on eclipses, too; the Southern Paiute saw the eclipse as a time for reflection, love, and giving, while others like the Ho-Chunk and Crow treat them as a time for new beginnings.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2024
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
Over the past three and a half years, the Biden administration has also provided funding for Indian water rights settlements, including a historic $5 billion settlement in July that included the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
Four young Paiute Indians from Utah, who had come west with a wagon train, became involved in a tit-for-tat skirmish with some local cowboys that resulted in several deaths and, according to local historians, the Piutes burning a sawmill.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Plus: The bill would transfer over 30,000 acres of federal and private land to a trust overseen by the Burns Paiute Tribe.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
The local Paiute Tribe then collected the body for a Native burial.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
Podmore dedicates a full chapter, rich with environmental history and canyon descriptions, to the land and opportunities stolen from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Navajo Nation that could be justly returned if Glen Canyon Dam is decommissioned.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
The Navajo Nation currently includes the lands of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe as outlined in the treaty between the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
Indigenous people of North America had quite different perspectives on eclipses, too; the Southern Paiute saw the eclipse as a time for reflection, love, and giving, while others like the Ho-Chunk and Crow treat them as a time for new beginnings.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2024
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Paiute
noun
Pai·ute
ˈpī-ˌ(y)üt 
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
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