Posted on: Nye County Nv. Query Forum
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Surname: MOORE, LAWS
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Hi
I suspect the answer to your which tribe is Paiute. May someone in the
Tonapah area with local knowledge can pin things down better, but following
site map can give you a general idea of what tribes were located where
before the whites showed up.
One problem in pinning down specifics on who was where and when is the
migratory nature of life for many tribes. Prior to the whites, movement
patterns were pretty much dictated by terrain, the availability of food,
and the weather with the range each tribe dictated to a varying extent
based on competition for turf with another tribe. With the arrival of whites
two things happened; Native Americans, as a tribe, usually were driven
out of the more desireable areas and the whites established fixed commercial
bases which attracted some tribal members. Consequently, a lot of the Indians
ended up outside of their traditional venues.
http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/basin/tribes.gif
Hope this is of some help
Vern D