Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation
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The Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation
for the Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada, Shoshone
people, in and near the south side of the city of Ely
in south-central White Pine County, Nevada
. In 2005 it had a population of around 500, a textile business, and its own court system. The reservation is quite small, with a land area of only 104.99 acre
s (0.4249 km²) and a 2000 census
official resident population of 133 persons. Part of the city of Ely lies within its territory.
Indian reservation
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs...
for the Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada, Shoshone
Shoshone
The Shoshone or Shoshoni are a Native American tribe in the United States with three large divisions: the Northern, the Western and the Eastern....
people, in and near the south side of the city of Ely
Ely, Nevada
Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906...
in south-central White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park...
. In 2005 it had a population of around 500, a textile business, and its own court system. The reservation is quite small, with a land area of only 104.99 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s (0.4249 km²) and a 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
official resident population of 133 persons. Part of the city of Ely lies within its territory.