Western Shoshone

Western Shoshone

Western Shoshone comprises several Shoshone tribes that are indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863. They resided in Idaho, Nevada, California, and Utah. The tribes are very closely related culturally to the Paiute, Goshute, Bannock, Ute, and Timbisha tribes. Linguistically, they speak the Western dialect of the Shoshone language. Other Shoshone-speaking groups include the Goshute (Utah-Nevada border), Northern Shoshone (southern Idaho), and Eastern Shoshone (western Wyoming).

Federally recognized Western Shoshone Tribes include Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada and its four constituent band councils of Battle Mountain Band, Elko Band, Wells Band and South Fork Band), and Yomba Western Shoshone Tribe (near Austin, Nevada) and Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (in the region surrounding Death Valley, California) and Ely Shoshone Tribe Other affiliated Tribes Include: Owyhee Shoshone Paiute Tribe, Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, and the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.

The Western Shoshone have been engaged in legal battles with the federal government over rights to their land since 1962. As recently as 2004, Congress has attempted to force the purchase of Western Shoshone land but has been opposed by the majority of tribal leaders. Disputes over tribal land and international recognition of their struggle against the United States government is documented in the 2008 film American Outrage.

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Notable Western Shoshone

  • Ned Blackhawk, a Te-Moak historian and professor at Yale
  • Mary Dann
  • Corbin Harney, elder and anti-nuclear activist
  • Felix Ike, Western Shoshone Claims Steering Committee
  • Mary McCloud, Western Shoshone elder and activist
  • Frank Temoak, Western Shoshone traditional hereditary chief
  • Pauline Esteves, Western Shoshone elder and activist

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