Shoshone-Bannock

Tribal Hunting Rights In Mountain West Take Center Stage At Supreme Court

By • Jan 9, 2019
Alex Brandon / AP

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could restore tribal hunting rights in Wyoming, which could affect tribes throughout our region.

Idaho Tribes Want Fish Passage Above Snake River Dams

By • Mar 28, 2018
snake river, canyon
Chad H / Flickr Creative Commons

Two southeastern Idaho tribes are seeking to intervene in a utility's attempt to negate an Oregon law requiring fish passage as part of relicensing for a hydroelectric project on the Snake River.

Several Idaho Native American Tribes Claim Found Bones

By • Feb 7, 2018
Kirsten / Flickr

Three Native American tribes are in talks with the Bureau of Land Management about repatriating two skeletons found outside Mountain Home last April.

Tribes Won't Renew Contract With Firm That Filed Initiative

By • Jan 31, 2018
Otto Kitsinger / Associated Press

Officials with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes say they will not renew a contract with their lobbying firm after it filed a ballot initiative to legalize lucrative betting machines known as instant racing.

Idaho’s First Public Native American Language School Works To Preserve Shoshone Culture

By Adam Cotterell • Nov 5, 2013
Chief Tahgee, Fort Hall, Kindergarten
Adam Cotterell / Boise State Public Radio

This new kindergarten classroom on eastern Idaho’s Fort Hall Indian Reservation looks and feels much like any other. Tiny tables and chairs fill the room, bright drawings and artwork hang on the walls, and small coats hang on low-to-the-ground hooks. It’s the sound of the classroom that’s truly one-of-a-kind.

About 30 five-and-six-year-olds are learning to speak Shoshone.

“Benna, ne naniha J.J.”

“Ne naniha Miley.”

Idaho Woman Crowned Miss Indian Nations

By • Sep 10, 2013
Courtesy Shoshone-Bannock Tribe | Miss Indian Nations

A 25-year-old Idaho State University student is the new Miss Indian Nations.

Alexandria Alvarez, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was crowned over the weekend during the United Tribes International Powwow, which draws thousands of people each year to the North Dakota capital of Bismarck.

The Miss Indian Nations scholarship pageant is open to all Native American women who are at least one-fourth Indian and are between the ages of 18 and 26. The winner serves as an ambassador for all Indian nations.

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' History Unfolds In World Premier "Sacred Land"

By Sadie Babits • Nov 16, 2012
Sadie Babits / Boise State Public Radio

Idaho’s capitol city celebrates its 150 anniversary next year. But long before Boise became a city, the Treasure Valley was home to the Shoshone–Bannock people. In the mid-1800s the tribe was forced to relocate to Eastern Idaho.

Their story, from early history to present day, unfolds in a new musical piece called Sacred Land which premiers this weekend.