Paiute Pow Wows - Summary Page

Today there are two Southern Paiute communities located in southern Nevada; one at Las Vegas and one in Moapa, Nevada. Both of the tribes of these areas host annual Pow Wows; the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe at Snow Mountain off Route-95, 20 miles north of Las Vegas, and the Moapa Band of Paiutes at the Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza along Interstate 15, 34 miles north east of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Paiute Tribe: The Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute Indians in southern Nevada. The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Las Vegas Indian Colony, in Clark County adjacent to the northwest corner of Las Vegas. The reservation was first established in 1911 and today is 3,850 acres. In 1992, 52 tribal members lived on the reservation and 71 people were enrolled in the tribe. The Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians currently operates a mini-mart, two smoke shops; a health and human services program; the Las Vegas Paiute Police Department, with 10 law enforcement officers and the Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, located northwest of Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Tribe hold an annual Pow Wow every Memorial Day weekend at Snow Mountain. Here are the links to two of the pow wows I have attended:
   The 28th Annual Snow Mountain Pow Wow - 2017
      28th Annual Snow Mountain Pow Wow
   22nd Annual Snow Mountain Pow Wow - 2012
     22nd Annual Snow Mountain Pow Wow

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians: The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Paiute, who live in southern Nevada on the Moapa River Indian Reservation. They were in the past called the Moapat and the Nuwuvi. Their reservation is the Moapa River Indian Reservation, located near Moapa Town, Nevada.  Originally the entire Moapa River watershed and lands along the Colorado River (some of which area is now under Lake Mead) was assigned to the Moapa; however, in 1875 their reservation was reduced to 1,000 acres. In 1980 the Moapa River reservation was expanded, with about 75,000 acres added.

The Moapa Band of Paiutes hold an annual Pow Wow at the Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza along Interstate 15 the weekend before Veterans Day in November.
Here is a link to the Pow Wow I attended:
   The 22nd Annual Southern Paiute Veterans Pow-Wow - 2012

     22nd Annual Southern Paiute Veterans Pow-Wow