Moapa River Indian Reservation

Moapa Indian Reservation welcome sign

Moapa River Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located northeast of Las Vegas, near Moapa. It is the land-base for the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, a local band of Southern Paiute Indians. Moapa River Indian Reservation consists of 71,954 acres (29,119 hectares). As of the year 2000, the population was 206. 80.1% of the population was American Indian.

Location and geography

The reservation is crossed from northeast to southwest by the I-15 highway. In the southeast, it is adjacent to Valley of Fire State Park. In particular, Exit 75 of the highway and the local road leading to the west park entrance (formerly Nevada 169, decommissioned in 2001), down to the entrance, belong to the reservation.^[1]

Rocks in the southern part of the reservation, immediately west of Valley of Fire State Park

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moapa River Indian Reservation.

• Reservation information at Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza
• US Census Bureau Tract Map for T2315 - Moapa River Indian Reservation
• census data

Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States County seat: Las Vegas Cities Boulder City Henderson Las Vegas Mesquite‡ North Las Vegas CDPs Blue Diamond Bunkerville Cal-Nev-Ari Enterprise Goodsprings Indian Springs Laughlin Moapa Town Moapa Valley Mount Charleston Nellis AFB Nelson Paradise Sandy Valley Searchlight Spring Valley Summerlin South Sunrise Manor Whitney Winchester Unincorporated communities Arden Cactus Springs Cottonwood Cove Coyote Springs Crystal Glendale Jean Las Vegas Chinatown Lone Mountain Logandale Mountain Springs Overton Primm Riverside Sloan Stewarts Point Townships Henderson Las Vegas North Las Vegas Ghost towns Alturas Bonelli's Ferry Callville Colorado City El Dorado City Gold Butte Louisville Nelson's Landing Rioville San Juan Simonsville St. Thomas Saint Joseph Indian reservations Fort Mojave Indian Reservation‡ Moapa River Indian Reservation Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°34′41″N 114°43′04″W / 36.5780°N 114.7179°W / 36.5780; -114.7179