Nation
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe · Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada) · Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, NevadaDuckwater Shoshone Tribe
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- Official name
- Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (previously listed as Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada)
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Western Shoshone (Newe) in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Official names
Names in treaties and records
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Shoshoni in Wyoming, recorded 1868 (area 540)1868
- Land of the Paiute, Shoshoni and others in Oregon, ceded 1872 (area 537)1871
- Land of the Paiute and Shoshoni in Oregon, ceded 1876 (area 589)1875
- Reservation of the Bannock, Sheepeater and others in Idaho (area 575)1875
- Land of the Shoshoni (northwestern bands) in Nevada, ceded 1879 (area 605)1877
Carries the treaty history of 1
Organizations that work with this nation 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
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- Nation
- Confidence
- High
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