The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe is a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, by election on May 25, 1935 the tribe accepted Indian Reorganization act of 1934. The tribe operates under the Articles of Association adopted by tribal members and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on January 8, 1965.
The tribes reservation is located in what is today Humboldt County in Northwest, Nevada. The reservation is about 30 miles north of the Oregon state line, and about 50 miles from the California state line. The land that became the tribes reservation was previously a military reservation, known as Camp Mc Garry that was established by Executive order in 1867. The military reservation was abandoned in 1871 and transferred from the war department to the Department of the Interior. Under the general allotment act of 1887, 24 Stat. 388, several tribal members received trust allotments with the former military reservation in 1890's and early 1900's
The reservation was established on January 14, 1913 by executive order no. 1681. The executive order set aside about 5,026 acres in trust for the tribe. Successive actions have added additional acreage, most of which was formerly public domain land, to the reservation.
The total acreage of the Reservation today is about 12,573 acres. 10,098 of these acres are held in trust by the federal government for the tribe. See office of trust responsibilities, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of Indian Lands 23 (September 30, 1985). 765 acres are allotments held in trust by the federal government for individual tribal members. Id. 40 acres are public domain land, and another 40 acres are owned in fee simple by private landowner who is non-Indian.
Summit Lake is a terminal lake; meaning that no water flows outward from it. The total surface of the lake fluctuates between 600 and over 900 acres depending on the level of the lake.
Due to remote location and primitive conditions of the reservation, the administrative office is in Winnemucca, NV. We are currently working on community and economic development and desire to return to the lake very soon. Our membership is approximately 115 members.
As a result of the remote and isolated area, many of the families left to protect their children from being taken away to boarding schools, but tribal members continue to keep ties and participate in the seasonal fishing and hunting traditions.
No housing, water, or sewer development were provided to tribal members, many of us still maintain our residences on the reservation without modern facilities, due to strong ties with our land.
We haven't moved very far from our past and in many ways that may be a good thing. To our ancestors and for future generations may we be guided in the right direction.
The tribes reservation is located in what is today Humboldt County in Northwest, Nevada. The reservation is about 30 miles north of the Oregon state line, and about 50 miles from the California state line. The land that became the tribes reservation was previously a military reservation, known as Camp Mc Garry that was established by Executive order in 1867. The military reservation was abandoned in 1871 and transferred from the war department to the Department of the Interior. Under the general allotment act of 1887, 24 Stat. 388, several tribal members received trust allotments with the former military reservation in 1890's and early 1900's
The reservation was established on January 14, 1913 by executive order no. 1681. The executive order set aside about 5,026 acres in trust for the tribe. Successive actions have added additional acreage, most of which was formerly public domain land, to the reservation.
The total acreage of the Reservation today is about 12,573 acres. 10,098 of these acres are held in trust by the federal government for the tribe. See office of trust responsibilities, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of Indian Lands 23 (September 30, 1985). 765 acres are allotments held in trust by the federal government for individual tribal members. Id. 40 acres are public domain land, and another 40 acres are owned in fee simple by private landowner who is non-Indian.
Summit Lake is a terminal lake; meaning that no water flows outward from it. The total surface of the lake fluctuates between 600 and over 900 acres depending on the level of the lake.
Due to remote location and primitive conditions of the reservation, the administrative office is in Winnemucca, NV. We are currently working on community and economic development and desire to return to the lake very soon. Our membership is approximately 115 members.
As a result of the remote and isolated area, many of the families left to protect their children from being taken away to boarding schools, but tribal members continue to keep ties and participate in the seasonal fishing and hunting traditions.
No housing, water, or sewer development were provided to tribal members, many of us still maintain our residences on the reservation without modern facilities, due to strong ties with our land.
We haven't moved very far from our past and in many ways that may be a good thing. To our ancestors and for future generations may we be guided in the right direction.