Northern Shoshone

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Northern Shoshone

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Bands, Groups and Subdivisions

The term or designation of Shoshone Indians is a very broad categorization of several bands and/or federally recognized tribes within the group so named. For the most part, they have historically lived in the Great Basin area, and have ranged from Oregon and Idaho on the north to Arizona and southern California on the south, and from Wyoming on the east to northern California on the west. They were often referred to as the Snakes. Some of the tribes, bands, or groups of Shoshone, with their colonies or reservations, include:

• Mountain Shoshone or Sheepeaters -- Fort Lemhi and Fort Hall Reservation(Idaho and Montana)
• Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie)
• Shoshone-Bannock Tribes -- Fort Hall Reservation (Idaho)
• Weiser (Eagle Eye's) Band

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Census Records

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Shoshone Indians of Northern Utah. These schedules were not classified in the Bureau of Census records as a separate district, but were simply included in District 207, Portage Precinct in Box Elder County, Utah. However, the Shoshone Indians in this precinct are recorded on Indian Population Schedules.

Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Niumber	Post 1885-Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693	FHL Film Number
Shoshone	Fort Hall, 1885-87, 1890-91, 1894-1939	Seattle	-		138-44, 498-504	576493-499
Shoshone	Lemhi Agency, 1885, 1887-1906	Seattle	-		248	576494

Vital Records

• Fort Hall Agency, M595 birth and deaths, FJL Film: 576497 and births and deaths 1924-1934 FHL Film: 576498 and 576499

Important Websites

• Constitution and By-Laws for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation Idaho
• Constitution and By-Laws for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Nevada
• Shoshone Tribe Wikipedia

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