Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation

The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Duckwater Reservation (), in Nye County, Nevada. Today, it is approximately . In 1990, 288 tribal citizens lived on the reservation. ==History==

Traditionally, this band of Shoshone, a Great Basin tribe, hunted near Railroad Valley in the summer and lived in conical-shaped houses in the mountains in the winter. They hunted ducks, sage grouse, prairie dogs, rabbits, ground squirrels, deer, and other big game. European-American settlers enter their lands in the late 19th century. The 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley called for peace between the Western Shoshone and settlers, stipulated that no further white settlement would occur, and did not surrender any Western Shoshone land. Citizens of the tribe found employment as ranch hands. The tribe formed a new government under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. ==21st century==

The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe is headquartered in Duckwater, Nevada. They are governed by a democratically elected, five-member tribal council. Elections are held annually, and members serve staggered terms. Their tribal chairman is Virginia Sanchez, who succeeded Jerry Millet. The tribe has an environmental health office, a health clinic, Police Department, and senior center. ==Education==

A K-8 school, Duckwater Shoshone School, funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), is in a building that previously functioned as a church. The school was established circa 1973 by tribal citizens who were not satisfied with their children's course in the Nye County School District. The school board was established on July 26 of that year, and it opened on November 26 of that year after the United States Office of Education granted $35,000. In 1975 its student count was 21. In 1982 the school got a renovation. It maintains its own zoological garden. In 1975 this school, with one teacher, had an enrollment count of six as students had withdrawn with the opening of the reservation school. the students on the reservation go to a high school in Eureka, Other high schools taking Duckwater area students, as of 1986, are Lund High School in Lund and White Pine High School in Ely, both of the White Pine County School District. As of 1986 local residents in Ely and Eureka often take in high school students from Duckwater who live with them while they attend high school. ==Notable tribal citizens==

• Tina Manning (d. 1979), water rights activist ==Notes==