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In 1863 the Treaty of Ruby Valley was entered into with the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation (18 Statute 689–692) and identified the boundaries of their 40,000 sq mi (100,000 km 2) territory. The Western Shoshone did not consent to the inclusion of their property into the boundaries or jurisdiction of any state or territory.
The Shoshone or Shoshoni (/ ʃ oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n i / ⓘ shoh-SHOH-nee or / ʃ ə ˈ ʃ oʊ n i / ⓘ shə-SHOH-nee), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming; Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho; Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
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.
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Western Shoshone (3 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Shoshone" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Corbin Harney (March 24, 1920 – July 10, 2007) was an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people. [1] Harney reportedly inspired the creation in 1994 of the Shundahai Network, which works for environmental justice and nuclear disarmament.
Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (/ ʃ oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n i / shoh-SHOH-nee; [2] Shoshoni: soni' ta̲i̲kwappe, newe ta̲i̲kwappe or neme ta̲i̲kwappeh), is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone people.
Western Shoshone traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Western Shoshone people of eastern California and western Nevada. Western Shoshone oral literature shares many of its narratives with the Western Shoshone's Numic kinsmen in the Great Basin, the Mono , Northern Paiute , Southern Paiute ...