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Wildland Firefighters return home after battling multiple regional fires
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Four Fort Hall area wildland firefighters recently returned from a number of different fires and are awaiting to be called out again.
Karl Mosho, engine boss, he, along with Tayshaun Nappo, Bow Evanson and Taja Williams, were ordered up from the Great Basin Task Force. It was comprised of six different engines — a Type 6 from the Idaho Falls District, Carson City District, two Type 4s from the Twin Falls District, a water tender from Utah and an engine from Fort Hall. There were two task force leaders – one qualified and one trainee. (cont.)
In other news...
By YVETTE TOWERSAP
BOZEMAN, Mont. — As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary in 2026, a panel discussion at the Museum of the Rockies highlighted an often-overlooked part of American history: treaties between the United States and American Indian tribes.
The Museum hosted “American Indian Treaties: The Supreme Law of the Land — Herrera v. Wyoming” on Friday, July 24, in Bozeman.
Panelists included Heather Whiteman Runs Him, a former Native American Rights Fund attorney; Jeanette Wolfley, a former Shoshone-Bannock Tribes attorney; and Clint Wagon, former chairman of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. Meredith Hecker, director of Native American Studies at Montana State University, moderated the discussion. (cont.)
By YVONNE WARJACK
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Kiana Hugues Pettit has begun a new chapter in her teaching career as a first grade teacher at Fort Hall Elementary School, bringing several years of experience working with young students in the Fort Hall community.
Pettit is entering her fifth year as a classroom teacher. She previously worked at Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy, where she began as a paraprofessional before teaching second grade for two years and first grade for two years. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Idaho State University and also gained experience substitute teaching in Pocatello Chubbuck School District 25. (cont.)
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Office of Public Affairs
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ new Fish and Wildlife Building is now open, providing expanded space and improved functionality for their programs.
The Big Game Department announced its move into the new facility on August 25 on Facebook. The department invited tribal big game hunters to visit the new location to purchase and pick up hunting tags. The new building is located on Shoshone Drive, east of the Tribes’ old Fish & Wildlife building. (cont.)
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Office of Public Affairs
FORT HALL — U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson and members of his staff toured the Fort Hall Fire Station on August 4.
They met with Fort Hall Fire Chief Eric King and staff to learn how recent investments are strengthening emergency services for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. (cont.)
