Among the Northern Paiute, or “Numa,” there are 23 tribal bands. They have 13 dialects and varying stories. About 45,000 residents, or 1.6 percent of the state’s population, is Native American.

Esa Nasumuna means Wolf Pack in Northern Paiute (Numu). If you take a Paiute language class from Pyramid Lake Paiute elder Ralph Burns *, you might learn that “Esa Nasumuna” can be translated to “Wolf ...

Paiute elder, Reynelda James, has dedicated her life to preserving Numu as she remembers a time when speaking her native ...

Sarah Winnemucca, Thoc-me-tony, pictured in 1883. She used her language skills to mediate diplomatic exchanges between her Northern Paiute community and U.S. government officials.

The history of the American expansion in the 19th century is often glamorized. Either that or it is rationalized by the specious reasoning of "manifest destiny." But American expansion was a ...

And in Oregon, the Northern Paiute tribe has condemned the ongoing occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by white right-wing militia members. On Saturday, a self-styled right-wing ...