Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Nevada Waterfowl Association Litigation Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1407
Abstract
The Nevada Waterfowl Association was founded in 1987 and was involved in the passage of Public Law 101-618, the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990. The collection contains legal records and materials regarding water rights in the the Lahontan Valley, as well as documentation on the implementation of Section 206 of the Act.
Dates:
1992-2017
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada Records
Collection
Identifier: NC16
Abstract
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is governed by 10 Tribal Council members who are elected bi-annually in December and on staggered two year terms. The Collection contains correspondence; minutes; constitution; corporate charter; leases and permits relating to tribal economic matters, mining, fishing, boating, agriculture, and livestock; tribal roll; welfare and health records; material on the development of tribal lands, both recreational and residential; and papers reflecting the tribal...
Dates:
1930-1979
University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Collection of Pyramid Lake Water Controversy Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1202
Abstract
The collection includes legal briefs in the case of the U.S. and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe vs. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; correspondence, reports and notes on the California-Nevada Interstate Compact for Lake Tahoe, much of which was authored by Robert Leland; material on the Newlands Project; legal briefs in the case of the U.S. vs the Alpine Land and Reservoir Company; minutes of the Pyramid Lake Task Force; and materials related to deeding water rights to the tribe, from...
Dates:
1969-1979
Reservation Eyes
Collection
Identifier: NC1353
Abstract
John Gilbertson was a teacher for Washoe County School District in Nevada from 1977-2009, retiring from Reno High School. He taught at Nixon High School (Nixon, Nevada) for one year from 1979-1980. This collection contains Gilbertson's transcribed teaching journal from the year spent at Nixon.
Dates:
2018
Sierra Club Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1260
Abstract
The Sierra Club is a California based national organization devoted to preserving nature for future generations. Organized about 1890 in San Francisco, the club issues a Bulletin and publishes books about nature; they also investigate and lobby to prevent damage to the wilderness. Divided into chapters and subgroups based on geography. Richard Sill served on the national board of directors and executive committee from 1967-1971, on the executive board of the Toiyabe Chapter (Nevada), and as...
Dates:
1899-1979
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- Minutes (Records) 2
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Water rights -- Nevada 2
- Water-supply -- Nevada 2
- Agriculture -- Nevada -- Pyramid Lake 1
- Bodega Bay (Calif.) 1
- Business correspondence 1
- California-Nevada Interstate Compact for Lake Tahoe 1
- Conservationists -- West (U.S.) 1
- Diaries 1
- Education -- Nevada 1
- Education, Secondary -- Nevada 1
- Fishing -- Nevada -- Pyramid Lake 1
- Legal instruments 1
- Newsletters 1
- Paiute Indians 1
- Photographs 1
- Pyramid Lake (Nev.) 1
- Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation (Nev.) 1
- Records and briefs 1
- Water use -- Nevada 1
- Water-supply -- Truckee River Watershed (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Wetland conservation -- Nevada -- Lahontan Valley 1 ∧ less
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