Burns Paiute Indian Reservation
Today a small group of Paiutes lives on a small allotment of 760 acres (3.1 km2) called the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation (or the Burns Paiute Colony) along the Silvies River, just north of Burns, Oregon.
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