The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Native American Indians near Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. They are related to the Owens Valley Paiute.[1]
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The Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshones traditionally spoke the Timbisha language and the Mono language, both of which are part of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family (Timbisha is Central Numic and Mono is Western Numic).[2]
The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community have a federal reservation, the Lone Pine Reservation in Inyo County, in central-eastern California, in the Owens River Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The reservation is 237 acres (0.96 km2) large. Approximately 350[3] of the 1400 enrolled tribal members live on the reservation.[1] The reservation was established on April 20, 1939 through a land exchange negotiated between the Department of the Interior and the City of Los Angeles.[3] In 1990-1, 168 out of 296 enrolled members lived on reservation.[4]
The tribe is governed by a five-person tribal council, who are as follows:[4]
The Lone Pine Community is headquartered in Lone Pine, California. They have their own public works department, environmental department, and tribal administration.[5]
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