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Reservations and Native American Colonies

  • Battle Mountain Reservation, Lander County, Nevada
  • Big Pine Reservation, central Owens Valley, Inyo County, California; Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone
  • Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, northern Owens Valley, Inyo County, California;
  • Death Valley Indian Community, Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, California; Timbisha Shoshone
  • Duck Valley Indian Reservation, southern Idaho/northern Nevada, (Western) Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
  • Duckwater Indian Reservation, located in Duckwater, Nevada, approximately 75 miles (121 km) from Ely.
  • Elko Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
  • Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation in Ely, Nevada, 111 acres (0.45 km²), 500 members
  • Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation near Fallon, Nevada, 8,200 acres (33 km²), 991 members, Western Shoshone and Paiute
  • Fort Hall Indian Reservation, 544,000 acres (2,201 km²) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone with the Bannock Indians, a Paiute band with which they have merged
  • Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
  • Goshute Indian Reservation, 111,000 acres (449 km²) in Nevada and Utah, Western Shoshone
  • Lemhi Indian Reservation (1875–1907) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone, removed to Fort Hall Reservation
  • Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, lower Owens Valley, Inyo County, California; Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone
  • Nevada Shoshone Indian Reservation, near Carson City, Nevada, 211 members
  • Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada, 1988 acres (8 km²), total 481 members of Shoshone, Paiute, and Washoe bands
  • Skull Valley Indian Reservation, 18,000 acres (73 km²) in Utah, Western Shoshone
  • South Fork Odgers Ranch Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
  • Wells Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
  • Wind River Reservation, population 2,650 Eastern Shoshone, 2,268,008 acres (9,178 km²) of reservation in Wyoming are shared with the Northern Arapaho

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