Burns Paiute Indian Reservation
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 349 (2016) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Harney County, Oregon | |
| Languages | |
| English, Northern Paiute language, part of the Western Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family | |
| Religion | |
| American Indian pantheism, Christianity, other | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Owens Valley Paiute, Southern Paiute |
The Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in Harney County, Oregon, United States.
Members of the tribe are primarily descendants of the Wadatika band of northern Paiutes, who were hunter-gatherers traditionally living in Central and Southern Oregon. The Wadatika lived from the Cascade Mountains to Boise, Idaho, and from the Blue Mountains to Steens Mountain. The Burns Paiute formed when homeless Northern Paiutes gathered in Burns, Oregon and the surrounding region, which was allotted to the tribe in 1897.
Wadadökadö or Wadatika (Waadadikady): "Wada Root and Grass-seed Eaters", also known as Harney Valley Paiute, they controlled about 52,500 square miles (136,000 km2) along the shores of Malheur Lake, between the Cascade Range in central Oregon and the Payette Valley north of Boise, Idaho, as well as in the southern parts of the Blue Mountains in the vicinity of the headwaters of the Powder River, north of the John Day River, southward to the desertlike surroundings of Steens Mountain. They are federally recognized as part of the Burns Paiute Tribe and part of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The tribe received federal recognition in 1968.
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