Among them, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe will have 941 acres (3.81 km2) of BLM land put into trust for its reservation.

[4] Traditionally, before European-American contact, the Agai Panina Ticutta peoples controlled an area of 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2) around the borders of what is defined as present-day Nevada, California, and Oregon.

Other bands of Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock held territory throughout Nevada and southwestern Oregon.

Their lands were unilaterally seized by the United States (US) government following the American Civil War.

[3] They sometimes joined growing Indian colonies on the outskirts of cities where the parents could find work.

The current tribal reservation was created on January 14, 1913, by President Woodrow Wilson's Executive Order number 1681, which set aside 5,026 acres (20.3 km2) in trust for the tribe.

[3] On October 24, 1964, the Agai Panina Ticutta Tribe of the Northern Paiute Nation voted to give up their traditional form of government, with hereditary chiefs.

Following this action, they received federal recognition as the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe on January 8, 1965.