The Chemehuevi are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin. They are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute. Today, Chemehuevi people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes:
McKinley Fisher, a Chemehuevi man employed by the Indian Service at Colorado Agency, Arizona in 1957.
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattere
Chemehuevi
…The Chemehuevi (English: CHEH-mə-WAY-vee) are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin. They are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute. Today, Chemehuevi people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes: Colorado River Indian Tribes…
Southern Paiute woven hat from 1876 at a Harvard University museum.
Koosharem Southern Paiute people in Koosharem, Utah 1905.
Young men in Reno, Nevada, circa 1870