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Powwows across US adapt to pandemic for a second year NATASHA BRENNAN, Indian Country Today April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This 2018 photo shows Idahos largest cultural fair, the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival, on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. This years annual gathering was canceled as the coronavirus pandemic alters powwow season across the U.S. for a second year. (Mark Trahant/Indian Country Today via APMark Trahant/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE - In this April ...

Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival canceled FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI)-The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have announced the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival has again been canceled this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hosting the powwow doesn’t fit within the Tribes Safety Protocols and we must keep our community safe. Our community has not yet reached the vaccination rate we were hoping for and encourages tribal membership to get vaccinated so we can get back to somewhat of a normal,” said Tri...

  Tribes in the Mountain West reached resolutions in two long standing environmental disputes this week. The victories for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the Navajo Nation could signal a shift toward accountability for corporate polluters operating on tribal lands. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes , upholding a lower court ruling in the tribes favor. The decision ended a more than 15-year-long legal battle between the Shoshone-Bannoc...

“This decision helps all of Indian Country in efforts to protect tribal lands and natural resources as well as the betterment of all people of southeast Idaho,” Chairman Devon Boyer of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes said.

US Supreme Court decision confirms tribal jurisdiction over FMC Submitted photo depicting an aerial view of the FMC Corporation, 2002. FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI) - The United States Supreme Court of the United States rejected FMC Corporation’s final appeal Monday to contest the jurisdiction of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to regulate storage of approximately 22 million tons of hazardous waste on the Fort Hall Reservation at the Eastern Michaud Superfund site west of Pocatello.  “The Tribes ar...

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes released a COVID-19 update for the reservation Tuesday that includes recent deaths from the virus on the reservation, which has around 6,000 members. Active cases have decreased recently, but in the last couple weeks, there have been four additional COVID-19 deaths, according to the Tribes news release. There have now been a total of 15 deaths on the reservation from the virus. × Story continues below video "These deaths have deeply impacted our community and we con...

Fort Hall Business Council approves mask mandate KIFI/KIDK Sign outside Trading Post in Fort Hall, Idaho FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - This past Friday, Fort Hall became the latest in Southeast Idaho to require masks going forward. The Fort Hall Business Council has approved a face mask mandate for the Fort Hall Reservation. It is effective immediately. It is in effect as of right now," said Shoshone-Bannock Tribe Chairman Devon Boyer. "We need to make sure that everybody is understanding th...