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Who we are: The Agaidikas (Salmon-Eater Shoshone) and Tukudikas (Sheep-Eater Shoshone) who make up the Lemhi-Shoshone Tribes are considered the first residents of the upper Lemhi Valley, dating back 12,000 years+. Archaeological research indicates that buffalo, elk, deer and salmon were hunted throughout the 12,000+ years of Indian occupancy of the Lemhi Valley near present day Salmon, Idaho. Some of our most famous ancestors are Sacagawea, Old Toby, Chief Camahweait and Chief Tendoy. Original Lemhi-Shoshone Lands (map) Mission: Return of aboriginal homelands of the Lemhi-Shoshone. The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in south eastern Idaho seeks return of aboriginal lands of the Lemhi-Shoshone near Lemhi Pass that have significant religious, cultural and historical importance to the Shoshone-Bannock. The exact acreage will be determined by a survey conducted by the United States Geological Survey as directed by the Department of the interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs following a site visit and consultation with the elected leaders of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. The land will be located adjacent to the existing lands held by the Lemhi Band near Lemhi Pass and in the Lemhi River Valley. The Tribe's effort in obtaining land in both Lemhi County and in the State of Montana as well as re-establishing the tribe's presence in ancestral homelands. In creating a relationship that is mutually beneficial to both parties (Salmon, Dillon, Bozeman, Virginia City and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes) will allow the tribe to secure federal lands. Sho-Ban Tribes seek return of aboriginal homelands of the Lemhi-Shoshone Lemhi-Shoshone Country Currently the Salmon-Challis National Forest covers over 4.3 million acres in east-central Idaho.
On February 12, 1875, President Grant established a 100 square mile executive order reservation for Sacagawea / Sacajawea's People the Lemhi-Shoshone in the Lemhi Valley. Known as the Lemhi Valley Indian Reservation, the executive order established the reserve for "the exclusive use of the mixed tribes of Shoshone, Bannock, and Sheapeater Indians. Almost from the outset, however, the government and local residents began efforts to rescind the executive order reservation. They ultimately succeeded in 1905, and in 1907 the Lemhi began what many have called the "Lemhi Trail of Tears," which saw their forced removal from their ancestral homelands to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Lemhi Lands sold for .7 cents an acre by the Sho-Ban Business Council "But perhaps the ultimate act of dispossession was the Indian Claims Commission settlement involving the Lemhi people. During the 1960s, the ICC and the federal government determined that the Lemhi Claim to aboriginal lands would have to be submitted as part of the larger Shoshone-Bannock Claim. The Lemhis were prohibited from filing their own independent claim. When their claim, Docket #326-1, came before the ICC, the Lemhi claim to their land 200 miles north of Fort Hall totaled $4.5 million. Based on pressure from the federal government, the ICC, the Sho-Bans, and the Sho-Bans attorneys, the $4.5 million was assigned to the Shoshone Bannock general fund. Rather than dividing the 1971 Lemhi settlement among the approximately 500 Lemhis living at Fort Hall, it was, essentially, divided among as many as 3000 people living at Fort Hall--the overwhelming majority of whom had no direct or indirect tie to Lemhi lands." Also read: "Sacajawea's People The Lemhi-Shoshones and the Salmon River Country" By John W. W. Mann "The Lemhi People and Their Struggle to Retain a Homeland" By Shirley Stephens
Video 1907-2007 :: One hundred years since Sacajawea's People the Lemhi-Shoshone were force removed 200 miles south to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
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National Geographic - Searching for Sacagawea
Idaho Statesman Special Feature - Sacajawea, Her Story by Her People
New York Times - Sacajawea's People seek a homecoming
Professor Orlan Svingen - WSU - Assisiting Lemhi-Shoshone to regain federal recognition
Trail Tribes - Focus on Sacagawea's descendants, traditions, customs, photos, petroglyphs & more 
Sacagawea descendants to help dedicate ship - Indianz.com 
NCRSM Call To Action! - Salmon Savages High School, Salmon, ID (Current mascot issue)
to the official site of Sacajawea's( Sacagawea, Sakakawea) people the Lemhi-Shoshone, from the Tendoy / Salmon Idaho area. This site will will inform you about our latest efforts in
"Sacajawea's People: Who Are The Lemhi And Where Is Their Home?" By: Professor Orlan J. Svingen History Department, Washington State University|
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