Source Information

Ancestry.com. Walker River Valley, Nevada Paiute Indian Records, 1897-1901 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Robinson, Doreen, extractor. Walker River Valley Paiutes, 1897-1901. M595, Federal Indian Census Rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

About Walker River Valley, Nevada Paiute Indian Records, 1897-1901

South of scenic Lake Tahoe, in Nevada, the Walker River Valley Indian Reservation was home to nearly two thousand Native Americans around the turn of the century. This database is a collection of reservation census records between 1897 and 1901. Each entry reveals such information as name, sex, age, relationship to head of household, and year of census. Researchers will find valuable information regarding over 2500 residents. Taken from microfilmed records in the Nevada State Archives, this collection can be a helpful source of information for those seeking Native American ancestors who lived in western Nevada.