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‘Beyond the Land Acknowledgement’ theme emphasized at
ISU Indigenous Peoples Day
By JEREMY SHAY
Sho-Ban News
POCATELLO — The annual Idaho State University Indigenous Peoples Day event opening celebrated the continued partnership of the institution and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at the Pond Student Union ballroom on Monday, October 12.
The event is open to the public each year, including free admission.
Fort Hall Business Council members and tribal members participated in the celebration, including a grand entry with Veterans posting colors, Native dancers and host drum Spring Creek singing a flag and victory song. Sho-Ban tribal elder Pete Yellowjohn gave the prayer. (cont.)
In other news...
POCATELLO — Within federal law itself is a recognition of tribal sovereignty long held before the founding of the United States, before the Constitution was ever made and before the Treaty was signed.
“We were providing for our people and we were ensuring that future generations would continue to live as we have always lived,” Gaylen Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock general counsel said at the Idaho State University Indigenous Peoples Day event October 12 as he was keynote speaker. (cont.)
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Use Department has moved to a property on south Mission Road and has been in the location about a month.
The property on Mission Road has been for sale for some time said Preston Buckskin, Land Use Director, and they were able to purchase it with funding they’ve applied for several years and were finally approved in 2024. (cont.)
By JEREMY SHAY
Sho-Ban News
POCATELLO — Several Native Idaho State University students and alumni competed in an oratorical competition at the ISU Indigenous Peoples Day event at the Pond Student Union Ballroom on Monday, October 12.
Various topics covering Indigenous perspectives and issues were discussed in a three to five-minute oratorical speech, each topic centered around the day’s theme, “Beyond the Land Acknowledgment: Indigenous Knowledge. Sovereignty in Action.” (cont.)
From last week:
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Office of Public Affairs
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are taking action to address illegal dumping on the Fort Hall Reservation, beginning with a pilot cleanup effort that removed approximately 13 tons of waste from the West Elevator Loop area.
The seven-hour cleanup took place on October 2, bringing 40 people together from tribal departments and programs to remove household waste, furniture, appliances, tires and other materials that had been illegally dumped on tribal lands. (cont.)
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
ELKO, Nev. — The doctrine of discovery is an obstacle Indigenous people deal with every day as they fight for their right to self-determination and the right to defend traditional territories from destruction caused through mineral extraction, data collection and irresponsible water use.
Those are words Noowuh Knowledge Center Board of Directors Chairperson Fermina Stevens used to open the Ruby Valley Treaty Conference (RVTC) October 1. (cont.)
By JEREMY SHAY
Sho-Ban News
FIRTH — Shoshone-Bannock tribal member and Firth High School senior Izabella Broncho hosted a social powwow for community members at the Firth High School gymnasium on Saturday, October 3.
The free community event saw local dancers, spectators and vendors come out to support Broncho’s efforts, with host drum Spring Creek, and additional drums Ghost Canyon and Young Buffalo assisting. The powwow was emceed by Matt Wilson, with arena direction by Kyle Nipwater. (cont.)
