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Left to Right:
Orville St. Clair, Mike Lajeunesse, Willie Noseep, Floyd Phillips, Arlen Shoyo, Sr., Vice Chairman, and Ivan D. Posey, Chairman

Front Row: Dick Washakie, Chief Washakie, Tigee

Back Row:  Per-na-go-shia, Pan-zook, So-pa-gant and Mat-ta-vish.

Tribal Liaison Edward Waddaread more

 

WELCOME MESSAGE

We hope you will enjoy our tribal website.  We hope to make better efforts to inform the tribe through informational meetings and newsletters. Check the new Shoshone Times on this site.  If you have any questions or just want to visit feel free to stop by our tribal office.  Thanks to those that assist us in these endeavors

EASTERN SHOSHONE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT

The government of the Eastern Shoshone tribe is many ways a pure democracy:  the chief governing body is the General Council, which consists of all adult enrolled members of the tribe.  The day-to-day affairs of the tribe are overseen by the elected Business Council.  The Shoshone Business Council also meets jointly with Arapaho elected officials as the Joint Business Council to decide matters which affect both of the tribes.  Under the tribe’s Law and Order Code, the Wind River Tribal Court handles civil and some criminal matters arising on the reservation.  Blending traditional Indian Justice and jurisprudence, the court emphasizes mediation and settlement, rather then punitive outcomes, and its decisions are respected by federal and Wyoming state courts.

The Shoshone are one of the earliest peoples to inhabit North America as far west as the Pacific Coast , the northern Rocky Mountains, as far east as the Great Plains, and south to Oklahoma .  The Eastern Shoshone made their home in this region known as Wind River and their territories included the Green River country, Warm Valley (Wind River) and the Yellowstone region.  They often formed alliances and friendship with tribes throughout the West.  The 1868 Fort Bridger Treaty set the boundaries for the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Treaty Documents

  1. View/DownloadTreaty with the Eastern Shoshoni, 1863 Format (14k)
  2. View/DownloadTreaty with the Shoshone and Bannocks, 1868 Format (14k)
  3. View/Downloadthe Treaty of 1868 in PDF Format (18K)The Brunot Cession Agreement, 1874

4.       View/Downloadthe Brunot Cession Agreement in PDF Format (12K)1896 Big Horn Hot Springs Land Cession

5.       View/Downloadthe Land Cession of 1904 Agreement in PDF Format (12K)

The Eastern Shoshones of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming have a long legal history in terms of the tribe’s relationship to the federal government. The treaties and agreements listed on this site are some of the most important documents in Shoshone history and clearly establish the tribe as a sovereign entity. The first treaty of Fort Bridger, in 1863, created this legal status in terms of United States law, while the second, in 1868, clarified the terms. But in 1878, the federal government violated Shoshone sovereignty when officials placed the Northern Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation without compensating the Shoshones under the terms of the 1868 treaty. In two subsequent land cession agreements, in 1896 and again in 1904, the government illegally included the Arapahos in the negotiations. Finally, in 1937, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government owed compensation to the Shoshones for the lands occupied by the Arapahos and thus re-established the sovereignty of the Eastern Shoshones.

Background Music by Johnny Oberly -Eastern Shoshone

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FEATURED BUSINESSES AND PROGRAMS

 

Agriculture is a mainstay of the reservation.  Various agencies of the federal and tribal governments, as well as local school districts, create a substantial number of jobs for tribal members and others with advanced education. 

The tribe owns and manages various businesses, including a retirement home, dialysis service, construction company, and convenience store.  Several privately-owned businesses are also located on the reservation. 


Current Community Development and Profile from the U.S. Census Bureau compiled for Reservation Communities and historic photos and information
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For more Current Census Data Go to:

U.S.Census Data (Another census is due around 2010-see their site)

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Eastern Shoshone Tribe Construction & Equipment
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EST Utilities (307) 332-3458

37 Northfork Road
Ft. Washakie , Wyoming 82514
(307) 332-5832

Mission Statement:
 Eastern Shoshone Housing strives to provide quality housing, homeownership opportunities, safe and sanitary housing and to build a strong, healthy community while encouraging self-sufficiency and independence for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation. 

Eastern Shoshone Higher Education

Eastern Shoshone Tribe
P.O. Box 628
Fort Washakie, WY 82514-0628
Phone: (307) 332-8052 ext. 13 & 32

Fax: (307) 332-9932

Downloadable Forms (Pdf Format):
Full Time Application

Part Time Application

Red Feather Eagle Voc Rehab Project
Robert Rowen, Project Director 
PO Box 489
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
(307) 332-0100
FAX: (307) 332-0103

Chief Washakie Plunge

Contact: (307) 332-4530

In 1957, it was made into an attractive swimming pool with modern facilities at a cost of $250,000.00 and a new name called the Chief Washakie Plunge. Chief Washakie Plunge is located 3 miles east of Fort Washakie and is open year round.

Kevin Shultz, Director

kshultz@sitcoinc.com  
188 N. 2nd Street
Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-9114
FAX: (307) 332-327

A Tribally Owned IT company, 8(A) and hub zone certified.

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