Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

2026 Pow-Wow Photo Gallery

The 46th annual Restoration Gathering Pow-Wow was held June 5-6, 2026, and included the PITU Queen & Princess Pageant, Pow-Wow, car show, helicopter candy drop, and more.

Click the link below to view the photo galleries from the weekend.

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2025 Annual Report & Annual Meeting Slideshow

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Paiute August Word of the Month

Watermelon: Maw’dunts

This food was very important to the Paiutes. As opposed to the red watermelon, the variety most commonly grown by the Paiutes was the yellow variety, which is actually the original form of watermelon before it was later bred for higher lycopene content, resulting in the red color.

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Paiute August Plant of the Month

Creosote – Yutump’

Creosote plants were medicinally used by boiling the leaves and stems to drink the liquid for an upset stomach. The bush is also used for skin. Ailments such as sunburns leaves would have been traditionally boiled and rubbed on the skin. It is also a good drink for colds and rheumatism arthritis.

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Paiute Language Book

“The Paiute Language Book for Beginners (2nd Edition),” written by Travis N. (Benioh) Parashonts and illustrated by Elvis Wall, was announced and distributed at the recent 2024 Fall Gathering. For a digital copy that can be viewed online and downloaded, click the link below.

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Cedar Band IAP

Koosharem Band IAP

Koosharem Band Minors IAP

Paiutes looking for a better community to thrive in…

Welcome to official website of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU).

In 1954 the Utah Paiutes were wrongfully subject to the Termination Act, which terminated the Paiutes federal recognition and Federal trust responsibility.

The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (or Tribe), received the rightful restoration of their Federal Recognition on April 3, 1980, by an act of Congress (25 U.S.C. § 761). The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Restoration Act restored the federal trust relationship to the Tribe and established the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah as the federally recognized Tribe comprising five constituent bands (Cedar, Indian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Shivwits).

Today, the PITU has reservation land located throughout southwest Utah in Iron, Millard, Sevier, and Washington counties. As of December 31, 2021, the total number of tribal members among the five constituent bands was 920.