The Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in Pershing County, Nevada

Pershing County, Nevada

Pershing County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 6,693. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing . It was formed from Humboldt County in 1919, and the last county to be established in...

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Reservation

The Lovelock Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation, the Fort Bidwell Reservation, at 40°10′26"N 118°29′00"W in Pershing County. The reservation was established in 1907 and is 20 acres (80,937.2 m²). In 1990 80 tribal members lived on the reservation. In 1992, 110 people were enrolled in the tribe.

Today

The tribe's headquarters is located in Lovelock, Nevada

Lovelock, Nevada

Lovelock is a city in western Nevada that is the county seat of Pershing County, the location of a prison, and the namesake of the area's Cold War gunnery range...

. Clark Rhodes is the tribal chairperson. The tribe is governed by a five-person tribal council.

External links

• Fort Bidwell Indian Community Constitution and By-Laws