Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California
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The Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in Modoc County in the northwest corner of California
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. The reservation is 3335 acres (13.5 km²) large. Approximately 108 tribal members live on the reservation. The reservation was established in 1897. In 1990 only 6 tribal members lived on the reservation. In 1992, 22 people were enrolled in the tribe.
, which is part of the Western Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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Reservation
The Fort Bidwell Indian Community has a federal reservation, the Fort Bidwell Reservation, in Modoc County, near the town of Fort Bidwell, CaliforniaFort Bidwell, California
Fort Bidwell is a census-designated place in Modoc County, California. It is located northeast of Alturas, at an elevation of 4564 feet . The population was 173 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
. The reservation is 3335 acres (13.5 km²) large. Approximately 108 tribal members live on the reservation. The reservation was established in 1897. In 1990 only 6 tribal members lived on the reservation. In 1992, 22 people were enrolled in the tribe.
Language
The Fort Bidwell Indian Community traditionally spoke the Northern Paiute languageNorthern Paiute language
Northern Paiute is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. Ethnologue reported the number of speakers in 1999 as 1,631...
, which is part of the Western Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.