Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting eastern Oregon, western Nevada, and adjacent areas of northeast California.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting southern Utah and Nevada, northern Arizona, and adjacent areas of southeast California.
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- noun anthropology Any member of two related groups of
North American aboriginal peoples—the Northern Paiute ofCalifornia ,Nevada , andOregon , and the Southern Paiute ofArizona , southeasternCalifornia andNevada , andUtah .
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- noun a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
- noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute
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Examples
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Host to many national tournaments and signature events, The Paiute is the recipient of numerous nationally recognized awards, including 4½
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The upper stretch of Silver King Creek is closed to fishing to protect Paiute trout.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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Unlike the cutthroat trout in nearby waterways, the Paiute trout has no spots and has an iridescent sheen that can appear purplish.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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The Paiute trout's ancestry traces to about 10,000 years ago, he says, when waterfalls cut off part of Silver King Creek.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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State officials later put other trout species into the Paiute trout's old home.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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Federal and state game officials want to restore the Paiute cutthroat trout to the range scientists believe it occupied for many millennia—a nine-mile stretch of the Silver King Creek in the Sierra Nevada wilderness.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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And it was in the Mountain Meadows valley that the Mormons bribing the aid of the Paiute Indians, surrounded the group and proceed to wipe them out.
“Under the Banner of Heaven” by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday, 2003) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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They won a federal judgment forcing the state to modify the Paiute trout plan by doing more studies.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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And it was in the Mountain Meadows valley that the Mormons bribing the aid of the Paiute Indians, surrounded the group and proceed to wipe them out.
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Mr. Somer of the state fish and game department says a recreational Paiute fishery could be a "benefit" of a successful restoration, though he says the creek may never open to fishing.
Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home Justin Scheck 2011
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