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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Shoshoni Yoga Teacher Training Certification Online
The Shambhava School of Yoga at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat has been a leading provider of Yoga Teacher Training for over ten years, graduating hundreds of teachers from all over the world.
All our training's are conducted by dedicated, full-time yoga practitioners and teachers who are focused on giving students the best foundation in yoga possible.
You can upgrade Shoshoni accommodations for an additional fee.
www.shoshoniyogaonline.org   (535 words)

  
 Western Shoshoni Indians in Nevada by Danny Noss
Shoshoni Indians that did not have horses were called Shoshoko and were said to have eaten grasshoppers.
To Shoshoni Indians, fighting with other Indian tribes was a way of life, but after horses came into their environment, most fighting was centered on stealing as many horses as you could from the other tribes.
The Shoshoni Indians signed a treaty on August 7, 1855 in good faith, but the US Government refused to ratify the treaty because it was felt that Garland Hunt, who was the Indian Agent overstepped his authority in offering the Shoshoni Indians the treaty.
www.webpanda.com /white_pine_county/ethnic/shoshone.htm   (1560 words)

  
 Shoshoni and the Seeds of Change
Shoshonis, or Snakes, who are rich enough to own horses; the others, the Sho-Sho coes, or Walkers are those who cannot or do not own horses." He goes on to add: "Both bands number probably over one thousand lodges of four persons each.
When relations between the Shoshoni and Ute were cordial, they hunted in the massive Wyoming Basin of Southwestern Wyoming, either as invited guests or at times due to superior numbers in their war parties.
Swedish anthropologist Ake Hultkrantz describes these Shoshoni traders in his discussion of the "Fort Bridger Shoshoni." In addition to the Eastern Shoshoni, he postulates the Kamodika (eaters of fl tailed rabbits) and Haivodika (Dove Eaters) were relatively permanent settlers in the Fort Bridger area.
www.wwcc.cc.wy.us /wyo_hist/shoshoni.htm   (3290 words)

  
 Wind River Country, Wyoming: Travel guide for Dubois, Riverton, Shoshoni, Lander and the Wind River Indian Reservation
Shoshoni, Wyoming, is the gateway to Boysen State Park and the Wind River Canyon.
Unfortunately, Shoshoni was devastated by fire in 1907 and 1908.
During its boom days Shoshoni boasted 23 saloons, two banks, two large mercantile establishments, several livery and feed stables, a lumber yard, drug store, two physicians, several lawyers, a newspaper and more lodging houses and restaurants than any town of equal size in the state of Wyoming.
www.wind-river.org /shoshoni.asp   (405 words)

  
 Shoshoni, Wyoming Information.
Shoshoni, Wyoming, is the gateway to Boysen State Park and the Wind River Canyon.
Unfortunately, Shoshoni was devastated by fire in 1907 and 1908.
During its boom days Shoshoni boasted 23 saloons, two banks, two large mercantile establishments, several livery and feed stables, a lumber yard, drug store, two physicians, several lawyers, a newspaper and more lodging houses and restaurants than any town of equal size in the state of Wyoming.
www.windrivercountry.com /other/shoshonifrontpage.html   (1218 words)

  
 Shoshoni Indian Tribe History
It apparently is not a Shoshoni word, and although the name is recognized by the Shoshoni as applying to themselves, it probably originated among some other tribe.
The more northerly and easterly Shoshoni were horse and buffalo Indians, and in character and in warlike prowess compared favorably with most western tribes.
There were many dialects among the Shoshoni, corresponding to the greater or less degree of isolation of the several tribes.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/shoshoni/shoshoniindianhist.htm   (606 words)

  
 Shoshoni
The Shoshoni tribe started out in the Basin splitting into two major groups which are the Western side and the Northern side.
The parenting of the tribe was interesting as the mother would take care of the child until the crawling stage then the older sister takes care of the child and the grandmother tended to the child’s education.
In the summer, the Shoshoni wore breechcloth or green scum from nearby water holes.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/shoshoni.html   (296 words)

  
 Bookstore of Shoshoni Yoga Retreat
It is an invitation to have a seat by the fire of self-realization, to learn the ancient art and science of yoga.
The Shoshoni Cookbook is a sampling of the recipes that have made the Shoshoni Retreat kitchen a memorable experience for thousands of diners and retreat-goers.
Shoshoni Yoga Retreat and the Shambhava School of Yoga are pleased to announce publication of a new vegetarian cookbook, YOGA KITCHEN.
www.shoshoni.org /bookstore.html   (829 words)

  
 Historic Wind River Basin Photos III
Although the Wind River Basin began to be settled as early as 1860, Shoshoni dates its founding to 1904 when laid out by the Pioneer Townsite Company, a subsidiary of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad, later a part of the Chicago and Northwestern.
In the area of Shoshoni the railroad from Riverton to Lander was abandoned in in 1977.
In 1993 the Shoshoni segment was sold to the Badwater Line until it too was abandoned and the right-of-way was accepted by Fremont County as part of the Rails to Trails program.
www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /shoshoni.html   (916 words)

  
 Canku Ota - Apr. 21, 2001 - Lemhi Shoshoni Creates Shoshoni Dictionary
Shoshoni was considered almost dead when Gould became co-director of the Shoshoni Language Project at Idaho State University in Pocatello in 1999.
It was a role she embraced almost with fear and loathing as Shoshoni was considered an oral, not a written language.
Today many Shoshoni youngsters speak a slang Shoshoni, a kind of pidgin Shoshoni of two-syllable made-up words that Gould calls "baby talk." This just helps convince her that she is on the right track in documenting her people's language.
www.turtletrack.org /Issues01/Co04212001/CO_04212001_Shoshoni.htm   (542 words)

  
 Utah History Encyclopedia
The four remaining groups of Shoshoni are usually listed under the general name of the "Northern Shoshoni." One of these groups, the Fort Hall Shoshoni of about 1,000 people, lived together with a band of about 800 Northern Paiute known in history as the Bannock at the confluence of the Portneuf and Snake rivers.
Bear Hunter was regarded as the principal leader of the Northwestern Shoshoni, being designated by Mormon settlers as the war chief who held equal status with Washakie when the Eastern and Northwestern groups met in their annual get-together each summer in Round Valley, just north of Bear Lake.
As a result of the four-hour carnage that ensued, twenty-three soldiers lost their lives and at least 250 Shoshoni were slaughtered by the troops, including ninety women and children in what is now called the Bear River Massacre.
www.media.utah.edu /UHE/s/SHOSHONI.html   (867 words)

  
 Shoshoni Wyoming Resource Guide, City or community of Shoshoni, Wyoming Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
The population of Shoshoni is approximately 497 (1990).
The distance from Shoshoni to Washington DC is 1732 miles.
Shoshoni is positioned 43.23 degrees north of the equator and 108.10 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /wycountyshoshoni.htm   (203 words)

  
 Shoshoni, Wyoming WY, town profile (Fremont County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Shoshoni is a town in Fremont County, in the Riverton metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Shoshoni was $12,584, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Shoshoni, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $305.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23238   (431 words)

  
 Shoshoni - Wyoming Ghost Town   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Semi-Ghost Town of Shoshoni is located South of Thermopolis and Lucerne, into Fremont County.
The Semi-Ghost Town Shoshoni, south of Thermopolis was established in 1905.
Unlike Shoshoni's majority of other boom-gone-bust sisters, its short lived romance with Uranium mining and Nuclear Power during the 1980's is what separates this Ghost from the others.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/wy/shoshoni.html   (127 words)

  
 Shoshoni Indians
The four remaining groups of Shoshoni are usually listed under the general name of the "Northern Shoshoni." One of these groups, the Fort Hall Shoshoni of about 1,000 people, lived together with a band of about 800 Northern Paiute known in history as the Bannock at the confluence of the Portneuf and Snake rivers.
Bear Hunter was regarded as the principal leader of the Northwestern Shoshoni, being designated by Mormon settlers as the war chief who held equal status with Washakie when the Eastern and Northwestern groups met in their annual get-together each summer in Round Valley, just north of Bear Lake.
The tragic transformation for the Northwestern Shoshoni to a life of privation and want came with the occupation by Mormon farmers of their traditional homeland.
historytogo.utah.gov /utah_chapters/american_indians/shoshoniindians.html   (916 words)

  
 THE SHOSHONI INDIANS, Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Shoshoni’s ate plants, buffalo, wild sheep, antelope, squirrels, birds, salmon, roots, seeds,and berries.
Shoshoni Indians did not punish or spank the child because they thought it would break the young peoples spirits.
Shoshoni men and women were allowed to have more than one marriage partner at a time.
sln.fi.edu /fellows/fellow4/feb99/mccullough/showit.htm   (160 words)

  
 Woman Spirit - Sacajawea - Shoshoni
The Shoshoni (also Shoshone) lived in Idaho, parts of Utah and parts of Northern Nevada, and it is believed that Sacajawea was born in Eastern Idaho in what is now Salmon, Idaho.
Native accounts, however, especially Shoshoni oral history, have Sacajawea marrying several more times, having a number of children, and meeting up with her son Jean Baptiste in Wind River, Wyoming.
Porivo died at age 96, and was buried in the white cemetery at Ft. Washakie as a final show of respect for her efforts in behalf of both Lewis & Clark, and her own people.
www.powersource.com /gallery/womansp/shoshoni.html   (600 words)

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