Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation

[2][3] The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation in Mono County, ten miles (16 km) from the Nevada border called the Benton Paiute Reservation (37°47′22″N 118°31′19″W / 37.78944°N 118.52194°W / 37.78944; -118.52194) in Benton, California.

[4] The nearest incorporated city is Bishop, which lies about 40 miles (64 km) to the south.

[5] The tribe is governed by a democratically elected, five-person tribal council.

Tribal enrollment is open to people with one-quarter Paiute blood quantum, either from the Benton area or descended from original enrollees.

Other Owens Valley Paiute can be adopted into the tribe, as approved by a five-person enrollment committee.