State
Nevada
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 14 cessions that lie at least partly in Nevada, from 1861 to 1879, under 2 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Shoshone (Shoshoni).
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise here, including Western Shoshone: Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863) and the ICC payment the Nation refuses. Land has come back here: Tule River Tribe reclaims 17,030 acres in Yowlumne Hills and WélmeltiɁ Preserve returned to Washoe Tribe.
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Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Tule River Indian Tribe Nation government 17,030 acres (Yowlumne Hills) with tule elk reintroduction, Oct 2025
- Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Nation government WélmeltiɁ Preserve (10,274 acres), held by the Waší·šiw Land Trust (tribal)
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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Contains 17
- Reservation of the Western Shoshoni in Nevada (area 422)1859
- Land of the Uintah Uta in Colorado, Nevada and Utah, recorded 1861 (area 432)1861
- Reservation of the Shoshone-Goship in Nevada and Utah (area 447)1863
- Reservation of the Shoshoni (Western bands) in several states (area 444)1863
- Reservation of the Paiute in Nevada (area 460)1864
- Land of the Washo in California and Nevada, recorded 1865 (area 473)1865
- Land of the Paiute in Nevada, ceded 1875 (area 576)1873
- Land of the Paiute in California and Nevada, recorded 1874 (area 562)1874
- Land of the Paiute in California, Nevada and Utah, recorded 1874 (area 558)1874
- Reservation of the Paiute in Nevada (area 560)1874
- Reservation of the Paiute in Nevada (area 561)1874
- Reservation of the Paiute in Nevada (area 577)1875
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- Land of the Shoshoni (northwestern bands) in Nevada, ceded 1879 (area 605)1877
- Reservation of the Shoshoni (Western bands) in Idaho and Nevada (area 604)1877
- Western Shoshone: Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863) and the ICC payment the Nation refuses1951suggested
- Tule River Tribe reclaims 17,030 acres in Yowlumne Hills2025suggested
- WélmeltiɁ Preserve returned to Washoe Tribe2025suggested
Organizations working here 4
- Great Basin Water Networksuggested
- Tule River Indian Tribesuggested
- Washoe Tribe of Nevada and Californiasuggested
- Western Shoshone Defense Project (WSDP)suggested
Sources
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