- Fact 2 - South-western tribes were
hunters and gatherers and lived in states including Arizona, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and the Great Plains
- Fact 2 - Nevada - The Indians of Nevada
were the were the Koso, Paiute, Panamint, Pueblo, Shoshoni,
Walapi, Washoe and
Ute tribes.
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Spanish for snow-capped in reference to the Sierra Nevada
mountains
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Rugged north-south mountain ranges; southern area is Desert and the Colorado River Canyon
- Fact 6 - The Shoshoni tribe aka Shoshone lived
in many locations including California. The Shoshoni were a
tribe of nomadic hunters
- Fact 7 - The Paiutes: There were
two distinct groups of the Paiute ( meaning pīt) tribe - the
Southern Paiute and the Northern Paiute. The Northern Paiute
were more warlike than their southern relatives. The Southern
Paiute are often called the Diggers because they subsisted on
root digging.
- Fact 8 - The Panamint were a small nomadic tribe
of hunter gatherers who were closely related to the Shoshone.
They lived between the Sierras and the Nevada state line around
the Panamint Mountains.
- Fact 9 - The Pueblo lands extended from S Utah
and S Colorado into Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and adjacent
territory in Mexico. The Pueblo became hostile and then revolted
against the Spanish. Their resistance to the Spanish ended in a
mass execution of Indians by Coronado. The term pueblo
is also used for the villages occupied by the Pueblo
- Fact 10 -
The Koso, aka Coso, were a small nomadic tribe of hunter
gatherers of the Coso Mountains who were closely related to the
Shoshone. They lived between the Sierras and the Nevada state
line from Owens Lake south to the Panamint Mountains.
- Fact 11 - The Walapi were a small tribe who were
closely related to the
Paiutes
- Fact 12 - The Washoe tribe are
believed to have originated in the Grand Canyon and closely
related to the Ute tribe of the Shoshone
- Fact 13 - The Ute tribe were
members of the Shoshone people of Utah, Nevada, Colorado and New
Mexico. They are believed to be related to the Aztecs. They were
feared as fierce, nomadic warriors
- Fact 14 - 1863 - Western Shoshone
Indians sign treaty of Ruby Valley, signed by Te-Moak
- Fact 14 - 1880 - Chief Winnemucca
was a famous chief who was born a Shoshone and became a member
of the Paiute tribe. He died in 1880
- Fact 14 - In 1883
Sarah Winnemucca writes the book "Life among the Piutes" and
established Nevada's first school for Indians.
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