Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation (Shoshoni: So-so-goi) 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
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Websitenwbshoshone.com

Current land holdings of the Band
Location of the 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: Dennis Alex
  • Vice-Chairman, Website and Social Media Manager: Bradley Parry
  • Secretary: Alicia Martinez
  • Treasurer, EPA + Roads Pocatello Office Manager : Jason S. Walker
  • Council Member, Fundraising: Darren Parry
  • Council Member: Shane Warner
  • Council Member, Economic Development: Jeffrey Parry

Shane Warner was formerly Treasurer.[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]

Notable people with Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation ancestry

Mae Timbimboo Parry, storyteller, activist

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. "NWBSN Tribal Council". Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. NWBSN Tribal Council. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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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