[5] The reservation's current boundaries are the result of an Executive Order due to watershed acts during 1932 when President Hoover downsized the size of the grant from 67,000 acres to roughly 900 acres to enable the city of Los Angeles to pipe water from Bishop to Los Angeles County without negotiating a right-of-way with the Paiute.

The tribal council has power to appoint authorities to certain members of the tribe to represent departments like TANF or Public Works.

[8] The Bishop Paiute Tribe also has a robust rooftop solar installation program, serving hundreds of homes.

[9] The tribe operates the Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center located in Bishop, California.

The center displays art and artifacts from area Paiute and Timbisha tribes and has an active repatriation program through NAGPRA.