The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation ( shh, So-so-goi) is a federally recognized tribe of

Shoshone people The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: * Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming * Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho * Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah * Goshute: western Utah, easter ...

, located in

Box Elder County, Utah Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of 2018, the estimated population is 54,950. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the ...

. They are also known as the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians.Pritzker 239

Current land holdings of the Band

2505R Northwestern Shoshone Reservation Locator Map

The tribe owns a piece of land near the Utah-Idaho border, which is 189-acres large. It is located near

Washakie, Utah Washakie is a ghost town in far northern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Lying some southeast of Portage, it was established in 1880 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for the settlement of the Northwestern ...

. 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.

Government

The tribe's headquarters is in Brigham City, Utah, 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: Bradley Parry * Secretary: Alicia Martinez * Treasurer: Shane Warner * Council Member: Darren Parry * Council Member: Jeffrey Parry * Council Member: Jason S. Walker"Tribal Council."
''Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.'' Retrieved 6 June 2013. The Northwestern Band of Shoshone ratified their constitution on August in 1987.

Economic development

In 2008, the Northwestern Band began construction on a 100-megawatt geothermal plant near

Honeyville, Utah Honeyville is a city near the eastern edge of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,441 at the 2010 census. History Honeyville was first established in 1861 when a ferry was put across the Bear River at this location. In ...

, near the Utah-Idaho Border."Shoshone tribe breaks ground on geothermal plant."
''News from Indian Country.'' October 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

Language

Traditionally, the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Tribe speaks the Northern Shoshoni dialect of the

Shoshoni language Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (; Shoshoni: soni ta̲i̲kwappe'', ''newe ta̲i̲kwappe'' or ''neme ta̲i̲kwappeh'') is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone ...

, which is written in the

Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...

Notable people with Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation ancestry

Mae Timbimboo Parry Mae Timbimboo Parry (May 15, 1919March 20, 2007) was a storyteller for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation of Utah, activist, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She is known for her recounting of th ...

, storyteller, activist

Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .

External links

Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Northwestern Band Of The Shoshone Nation Shoshone Native American tribes in Utah American Indian reservations in Utah Geography of Box Elder County, Utah Federally recognized tribes in the United States