Shoshone

Land:

The lands that belonged to the Timbisha Shoshone since time immemorial includes areas around present-day Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert. The National Park Service forced the Timbisha into a small area of the park in nearly unlivable conditions so Euro-American settlers could enjoy the novel beauty of the area. The Timbisha struggled to retain what little land they had and fought for the creation of a reservation for decades. In July of 2000, U.S. Senate finally passed a bill that approved the transfer of 10,000 acres of land in Nevada and California that had been taken by the Univted States back to the Timbisha Shoshone tribe. The returned land will be used to build housing, a recreation center, museum and other tourist attractions to provide an economic base for the tribe. This is necessary for the survival of the Timbisha and their ability to keep living on what little land they have left (Dorsey 2000).

Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not claim expertise on the Shoshone.

Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the web address of this page.

If you are Shoshone, your feedback is much appreciated.

Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation http://www.nwbshoshone-nsn.gov/

Timbisha Shoshone Tribe http://timbisha.org/

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone: http://www.temoaktribe.com/

Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (Nevada):  http://www.fpst.org/

Shoshoni Language Homepage: http://www.isu.edu/~loetchri/

Sacajawea's People: The Lemhi-Shoshone: http://www.lemhi-shoshone.com/index.html

References:

Shimkin, Demitri Boris, Childhood and Development among the Wind, Los Angeles, 1916.

Dorn, Edward, The Shoshoneans, New York, 1966.

Dorsey, Christine. "Shoshone closer to homeland." Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nevada. 22 July, 2000.