Western Shoshone Tribes

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Tribal Headquarters

Duckwater Shoshone:

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation
P.O. Box 140068
Duckwater, Nevada 89314
Telephone: (702) 863-0227
Fax: (702) 863-0301

Ely Shoshone:

Ely Shoshone Tribe
16 Shoshone Circle
Ely, Nevada 89301
Telephone: (702) 289-3013
Fax:(702) 289-3156

Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone

Fallon Band of Paiute-Shoshone
8955 Mission Road
Fallon, Nevada 89406
Telephone: (702) 423-6075
Local call from the Reno area: 323-3780
Fax:(702) 423-5202

South Fork Shoshone

South Fork Shoshone
HC 30 Box B-13
Elko, Nevada 89801
Telephone: (702) 744-4273
Fax:(702) 744-4523

Wells Shoshone

Wells Shoshone
P.O. Box 809
Wells, Nevada 89835
Telephone: (702) 752-3045

Yomba Band of Shoshone

Yomba Band of Shoshone
HC 61 Box 6275
Austin, Nevada 89310
Telephone: (702) 964-2463
Fax:(702) 964-2443

Bands, Groups and Subdivisions of Shoshone Indians and Their Reservations

The term or designation of Shoshone Indians is a very broad categorization of several bands and/or federally recognized tribes within the group so named. For the most part, they have historically lived in the Great Basin area, and have ranged from Oregon and Idaho on the north to Arizona and southern California on the south, and from Wyoming on the east to northern California on the west. They were often referred to as the Snakes. Some of the tribes, bands, or groups of Shoshone, with their colonies or reservations, include:

• Death Valley Shoshone -- see Timbisha Shoshone
  
• Duckwater Shoshone -- Duckwater Reservation (Nevada)
• Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada -- Ely Colony (Nevada)
  
• Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes -- Fort McDermitt Reservation (Nevada and Oregon)
• Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie)
• Paiute-Shoshone Indians -- Bishop Colony (California)
• Paiute-Shoshone Indians -- Fallon Reservation and Colony (Nevada)
• Paiute-Shoshone Indians -- Lone Pine Reservation (California)
• Ruby Valley Shoshone
  
• Shoshone-Paiute Tribes -- Duck Valley Reservation (Idaho and Nevada)
• Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone

Battle Mountain Band -- Battle Mountain Colony (Nevada)

Elko Band -- Elko Colony (Nevada)

South Fork Band -- South Fork Reservation (Nevada)

Wells Band -- Wells Colony (Nevada)

• Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
• Weiser (Eagle Eye's) Band
• Yomba Western Shoshone Tribe -- Yomba Reservation (Nevada)

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Niumber	Post 1885-Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693	FHL Film Number
Shoshone	Carson School, 1909-39	San Francisco	-		18-21	573864-867
Shoshone, Western	Western Shoshone Agency, 1897-1916	San Francisco	-		646-48	583105-107

Websites

• The Shoshone Indians -- History and description of the Shoshone Indian, especially the Eastern Shoshone of the Wind River Reservation.
• Ely Shoshone Tribe Constitution
• Constitution and By-Laws for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation Idaho
• Constitution and By-Laws for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Nevada
• Shoshone Tribe Wikipedia

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