He was not a Clovis person.

He was part of a different archaeological tradition, one whose origins and relationship to other early American traditions continue to be actively investigated.

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Today

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is not a historical entity.

It is a living, contemporary community — a federally recognized tribe with a reservation near Fallon, Nevada, with its own governmental structure, its own cultural programs, its own language revitalization efforts, and its own ongoing relationship with the landscape that has been its homeland for as long as its traditions record.

The Tribe’s engagement with the Spirit Cave case was not simply a legal dispute about ancient remains.