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Western Shoshone comprise 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 tribe organized under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.Western Shoshone elected a traditional council, led by Chief Muchach Temoak and his descendants, to create the new governments; however, the United States refused to recognize the traditional council and created the Te-Moaks Bands Council.
The Treaty of Ruby Valley was a treaty signed with the Western Shoshone in 1863, giving certain rights to the United States in the Nevada Territory.The Western Shoshone did not cede land under this treaty but agreed to allow the U.S. the "right to traverse the area, maintain existing telegraph and stage lines, construct one railroad and engage in specified economic activities.
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation near Fallon, Nevada, 8,200 acres (33 km 2), 991 members, Western Shoshone and Paiute Fort Hall Indian Reservation , 544,000 acres (2,201 km 2 ) in Idaho , Lemhi Shoshone with the Bannock Indians , a Paiute band with which they have merged
Western Shoshone: 288 [2] 3,815 Nye: Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation: Western Shoshone: 133 [1] 104.99 White Pine: Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone: 620 [1] 5,540 Churchill: Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone: 689 [2] 16,354 Humboldt: Reservation extends into Malheur County ...
Carrie Dann (1932 – January 1, 2021) was a Western Shoshone spiritual elder and activist for land and tribal rights. [8]On April 1, 2007, Carrie Dann was arrested with 38 other activists for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting governmental programs at the site.
The Yomba Shoshone Tribe is headquartered in Austin, Nevada. [3] The tribe is governed by a democratically elected, six-person tribal council under its constitution. Tribal enrollment as a member requires a one-half degree Shoshone blood quantum (equivalent to one parent), among the highest blood quantum requirements of any tribe. [4]
As of 2009 the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe's headquarters is located in Fallon, Nevada. [5] The tribe is governed by a seven-person tribal council, [3] with Len George serving as the Tribal Chairperson as of 2009. [6]