In 2005 American Indians amounted to 0.7 percent of the total population in Las Vegas. The main Indian tribe of the city is the Las Vegas Paiute's. It is said that these Indians have lived on the land for tens of thousands of years. Even though the tribe had been settled for this length of time they were not recognized until 1970. The Paiute tribe continues to live in Las Vegas, just a little north of downtown, with the 3,800 acres of land they were given in 1983. Rafael Rivera, a Spanish explorer, is said to be the first European to set foot in Las Vegas. Rafael named the city Las Vegas because translated it means "the meadows," and when he arrived the city was very green, and looked like a never ending meadow. The largest immigrant groups from Europe were the English and the Irish. Both the English and the Irish were very influential in the mining and railroad industries. The total population in Las Vegas as of 2005 was 599,087, and 80 percent of the population followed a religion. The dominant religion of "sin city" is Roman Catholic with 27 percent of the population supporting it.
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