variants
or less commonly Piute
1
plural Paiute or Paiutes also Piute or Piutes
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples originally inhabiting western and southern parts of the U.S. Great Basin
2
: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people
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Led and carried out during the fall of 1857 primarily by a local militia made up of LDS members, with some support from Southern Paiute peoples, the mass murder resulted in the death of over 100 in what is now known as southern Utah.
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Before moving on to the energy transition, two water stories:
Congress failed to approve a water rights settlement that would have secured Colorado River water for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in northeastern Arizona.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The Mormons covered up their involvement for decades, blaming the Paiute Indians.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
There is the Paiute tribe, which has a different outlook on the colonizers than the Shoshone.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Before moving on to the energy transition, two water stories:
Congress failed to approve a water rights settlement that would have secured Colorado River water for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in northeastern Arizona.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The Mormons covered up their involvement for decades, blaming the Paiute Indians.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
There is the Paiute tribe, which has a different outlook on the colonizers than the Shoshone.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Paiute
noun
Pai·ute
ˈpī-ˌ(y)üt 
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
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