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We are the Agai Dicutta Band of the Northern Paiute Nation. The Northern Paiute Nation is composed of many bands whose names were based on the major food source in their areas.
  Agai Dicutta Numu Yaduan
Trout Eater People Speak

Introduction

We, the Agai Dicutta Numu (trout eater people) have lived within this area of the Great Basin since time immemorial. Our land is the home of the Ghost Dance movement in which the Messiah, Wovoka, sought to unite the tribes in religious unification; his vision still remains with members of the Tribe, a minute number of individuals still practice the religion.

The current reservation encompasses a high desert land base of some 323,466 acres of wilderness within a river valley surrounded by mountains within allotted and assigned lands as well as tribal lands.

Our reservation once covered the whole valley from mountaintop to mountaintop, and included Walker Lake and our sacred mountain, Mt. Grant

 

News & Announcements

Nuclear Waste Transportation and the After Affects

The United States government wants to transport nuclear waste through the Walker River Paiute Reservation. There is no safe way to transport nuclear waste.

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About the Walker River Paiute

In the beginning the Numu came to the land in boats. All the land was covered in water. The people landed on what is now Mt. Grant. The People were named after the plants or animals that grew or lived in their area. The People were on good terms with each other and shared hunting, fishing, and gathering areas. For the largest part of the year the extended family hunted and harvested alone.

They traveled with the seasons and lived with the land until the Walker River reservation was established on March 19, 1874 by Executive Order.

After that the people settled into ranching and growing alfalfa

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