Social and Political Organization
The basic economic unit of the Southern Paiute was the family. It was this unit that moved together, foraged together, and shared access to springs and hunting territories. The Southern Paiute did recognize the existence of "bands" which lay claim to certain territories, but these were not true bands because their members did not cooperate economically. The Southern Paiute had no overall tribal organization.
Paiute (Chemehuevi) woman and child, ca. 1907
Source - http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/94514446/
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