Shoshone Business Council

P. O. Box 538
Fort Washakie, WY 82514

Phone: (307) 332-3532
Ext: 4932

Fax: (307) 332-3055

Categories

Events

  • Golf Tournament
  • Eastern Shoshone Entertainment Committee will be sponsoring a golf tournament for the 50th Annual Ea....

News

  • New Website
  • The Eastern Shoshone Tribal website is now up and running. It will take some time to integrate all ....

Language Samples

  • Basic Colors
  • Red    aeng-guh-veet
    Blue    ae'fee-veet
    Green    boo'hoo'gaet
    Yellow    oe-huh-peet
    Black    doo-hoo'-veet
    White    doe-so-veet
    Brown    oh'-de'gaet

Tribal Culture Index

The following information was provided by the Eastern Shoshone Tribal Culture Center.

For your convenience we have separated the Eastern Shoshone Cultural information into different sections, which are displayed on separate pages. Each section is highlighted below, with a brief summary. Simply click on the title of each section, or the read more link, to view all of the contents.


Fort Washakie Historical Distric Thumb

The Fort Washakie Historical District
The Wind River Indian Reservation was established for the Eastern Shoshone Indians in 1868. Camp Auger, a military post with troops was established at the present site of Lander on June 28, 1869. In 1870 the name was...

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Fish & Wildlife Management
Management of fish, wildlife, and recreation on the Reservation is controlled by the Joint Business Council through their Tribal Fish and Game Department. Technical advice and assistance are provided by the...

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Battles for Survival
An important battle was fought between the Shoshone and Bannock Indians on one side, and Crow Indians on the other, in view of this large flattop butte. Year after year, as game became scarce in other sections of the...

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Sacajawea - Excerpts from a letter by Reverand Dr. John Roberts.
The Honorable James I. Patten who was appointed U.S. Agent of the Shoshones in the seventies and for many years previously had known them and spoke their ...

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Language Samples

  • Basic Numbers
  • One    Si-muh
    Two    wat-hat-tu
    Three    ba-yte
    Four    wat-zu-whit
    Five    mie-re-geet
    Six    naa-fa-yte
    Seven    dot-so-wit
    Eight    nie-wut-su-wite
    Nine    si-woe-woo-me-hund
    Ten    si-woed