Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Shoshone people, located in Box Elder County, Utah.[1] They are also known as the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians.[4]

Northwestern Band of
the Shoshone Nation
Total population
431 enrolled members[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States( Utah)
Languages
Shoshoni language, English[2]
Religion
Native American Church, Mormonism,[3]
Related ethnic groups
other Western Shoshone peoples, Ute people

Current land holdings of the Band

The tribe owns a piece of land near the Utah-Idaho border, which is 189-acres large.[5][4] It is located near Washakie, Utah. According to Darren Parry, the Northwestern Band does not consider this land a reservation as they own the land and are self-sustaining, not relying on federal sponsorship.[6]

Government

The tribe's headquarters is in Brigham City, Utah,[1] but they also have a tribal office in Pocatello, Idaho. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected, seven-member tribal council. The current administration is as follows:

  • Chairman: Darren Parry
  • Vice-Chairman: Dennis Alex
  • Secretary: Michael Gross
  • Treasurer: Jason S. Walker
  • Council Member: Cale Worley
  • Council Member: Jeffrey Parry
  • Council Member: Bradley Parry[7]

The Northwestern Band of Shoshone ratified their constitution on August in 1987.[1]

Economic development

In 2008, the Northwestern Band began construction on a 100-megawatt geothermal plant near Honeyville, Utah, near the Utah-Idaho Border.[5]

Language

Traditionally, the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Tribe speaks the Northern Shoshoni dialect of the Shoshoni language, which is written in the Latin script.[2]

Notes
  1. "Northwestern Band of Shoshone Tribal Profile." Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Utah Division of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. "Shoshoni." Ethnologue. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. Pritzker 242
  4. Pritzker 239
  5. "Shoshone tribe breaks ground on geothermal plant." News from Indian Country. October 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. "Voice from the Dust: A Shoshone Perspective on the Bear River Massacre | BYU Studies". byustudies.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  7. "Tribal Council." Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

References
  • Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.
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