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 Tribal Chairman Devon Boyer.
In addition to the festival, the Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel Treaty day Fireworks on July 3, has also been canceled.
According to Interim CEO, Colista Eagle, “we have sponsored this large event in the past on behalf of celebrating the Tribes signing of the Fort Bridger Treaty on July 3, 1868, and it is unfortunate we have to cancel. However, due to the Tribes ongoing concerns associated with the pandemic, we agree with the Fort Hall Business Council’s de
2021 Shoshone-Bannock Festival & Treaty Firework Show cancelled due to COVID-19
Powwow cancelled due to ongoing concerns associated with the pandemic
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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes officially announce that the largest cultural celebration in Idaho, the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival is cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Chairman Boyer, “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 encourage tribal membership to get vaccinated so we can get back to somewhat of a normal.”
Man and woman arrested after police chase from Fort Hall to Pocatello
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FORT HALL Officers arrested two people Wednesday after a police chase that began in Fort Hall and ended in Pocatello.
Fort Hall Police were called around 4:30 p.m. about an unknown disturbance allegedly caused by Thurston Redwoman, according to a Shoshone-Bannock Tribes news release. Redwoman left the house where the disturbance occurred in a red KIA before police could arrive.
Officers spotted Redwoman in the car driving on U.S. Highway 91 and Burns Road on the Fort Hall Reservation.
“Our officers conducted a traffic stop,” Fort Hall Police Chief Pat Teton said in the news release.”Initially, Redwoman pulled over, (but) when he was asked to step out of the vehicle (he) put the vehicle in drive and took off leading officers on a pursuit.”
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Groups are urging Northwest leaders to act on U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson s infrastructure and Snake River dam proposal.
The plan would breach the four lower Snake River dams to help salmon, whose numbers have dwindled for years. It aims to restore what American Rivers calls in a report out this week, the most endangered river in the country.
Julian Matthews, a Nez Perce tribal member and co-founder of the group Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, said the dams are harming tribal treaty rights to fish for salmon in the region. We didn t give them up and say, Well yeah, but if there s no fish, then we won t have that right , he said. We said that we have that right, and want to make sure that right is enforced by the federal government and our elected officials.
Return the National Parks to the Tribes David Treuer
Image above: Glacier National Park, in Montana, as seen from the Blackfeet Reservation, near Duck Lake.
This article was published online on April 12, 2021.
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