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The Bishop Paiute Tribe, formerly known as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha people of the Owens Valley in Inyo County, eastern California. The tribe is part of the Nüümü, meaning "People," and their homeland is Payahüünadü, "land of flowing water." The 875-acre reservation sits on the western edge of the city of Bishop.

Water is at the heart of Nüümü identity. Oral histories tell of the importance of water in creation itself, and the Nüümü independently developed an agricultural system using irrigation ditches that endured over 500 years. In 1912 the U.S. government reserved 67,000 acres for the tribe, but 20 years later that agreement was revoked, and water rights and much of the land went to the city of Los Angeles. The present reservation was formed under a Congressional Act of April 20, 1937, through a land exchange with Los Angeles that also created the Big Pine and Lone Pine reservations.

The tribe places high value on self-sufficiency, self-reliance and sovereignty. Community services and enterprises include:

• Indian Education Center, Elders Program and Head Start
• Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center
• Toiyabe health clinic
• Wanaaha Casino, a new hotel next to the casino, and gas stations

The Bishop tribal council also sits on the Owens Valley Board of Trustees, which created the Owens Valley Career Development Center in 1976 to provide education, job and social service programs. Learn more at the Bishop Paiute Tribe official website.