[2] Beginning in the early 19th century non-native settlers moved into the area, resulting in the displacement of the local tribe from both its water-rich lowland winter and tree-rich mountainous summer campgrounds.

Although the mission was short-lived, it marked the beginning of permanent American settlement at the site when, ten years later, the fort was rebuilt, reinhabited and re-christened the Las Vegas Rancho.

Settlement increased after William A. Clark took ownership of much of the tribe's land, built the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad through it and established the town of Las Vegas adjacent to the region's most significant water source.

In 1983, Congress returned to the tribe 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) of land between the eastern slopes of Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains and the western flanks of the Sheep Range.

[5] The tribes hosts the Annual Snow Mountain Pow Wow every Memorial Day weekend.