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Sho-Ban elders & youth walk in their ancestor’s footsteps at LCPD Silver Creek Culture Camp
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Sho-Ban News
PICABO — Shoshone-Bannock elders and youth followed in the footsteps of their ancestors at the Silver Creek Preserve for a three-day Culture Camp July 19 to 21.
Nolan Brown, Language & Culture Department’s (LCPD) Original Territories & Historical Research Manager, explained the site was once a crossroads for Shoshone-Bannock travel routes.
“From here you can go up north to Stanley, Red Fish Lake area, up towards the Salmon River, or heading east and west you can get from here to Camas Prairie,” he said. (cont.)
In other news...
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Pam Eschief has returned home to serve as the Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr. High School superintendent.
Her first day on the job was July 8 and since then she’s been busy studying the budget because Bureau of Indian Education budgets are more specific and detailed. “I’m working on communication with BIE to make sure that I know what I’m doing, and that I have the right formats in the paperwork and the right documents so that I can do the job here for a Sho-Ban School.” And for accreditation, she’s making sure they follow all the steps and go through all the reports. (cont.)
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — The 2024 Bannock Gathering scheduled August 4 and 5 honors “The Horse” – the first Bannock Chief born in 1794 in Ochoco Territory.
He was a fierce Bannock warrior and by the time he was an adult in January 1814, Chief Horse led an attack on the Astorian fur post that John Reed commanded on the lower Boise River. According to historical records, The Horse made a name for himself as a skillful fighter. White encroachment motivated the retaliation because buffalo were disappearing from the Ochoco valleys in central Oregon. (cont.)
