The Northern Shoshoni

Martin, Douglas D.; Madsen, Brigham D.

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“…In the following years, the government continually failed and refused to uphold the various treaty obligations that ensured Fort Hall Indian Reservation residents' food supplies and other necessities. The unlivable circumstances on the reservation, including the lack of possibilities for hunting or gathering, caused rampant starvation (Gould and Loether 2002;Madsen 1980). Lack of food was a major cause for the Bannock War of 1878 (Gould and Loether 2002;Madsen 1980).…”

Section: Postcolonial Suppressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The unlivable circumstances on the reservation, including the lack of possibilities for hunting or gathering, caused rampant starvation (Gould and Loether 2002;Madsen 1980). Lack of food was a major cause for the Bannock War of 1878 (Gould and Loether 2002;Madsen 1980). In response to their access to hunting and gathering areas being removed and disrupted by European agriculture and the government's failure to provide alternative food sources, the Bannock initiated the war by killing cattle ranchers.…”

Section: Postcolonial Suppressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some Tribal people undertook Euro-American agriculture as such work was promoted for newly placed Tribal members on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. And although the U.S. government often broke their treaty obligations and provided inadequate supplies, a portion of families successfully fed themselves (Madsen 1980). These early days of food rations and assimilation into Euro-American agriculture marked a significant transition in the Indigenous diet: one primarily made up of culturally inappropriate foods, often with low nutritional value (Chino, Haff and Francis 2009;Shanks et al 2016;Vantrease 2013;Wishart 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Strengthening Relationships to Traditional Foodways: Adapting Food Practices Through Camas Cultivation Experiments on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation

Fellows,

Hart-Fredeluces,

Brown

et al. 2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Contemporary efforts to strengthen Indigenous food sovereignty can take many forms, some of which may depart from traditional food gathering practices. Common camas ( Camassia quamash) is a wild-gathered geophyte that served as a staple food for Indigenous Peoples prior to colonialism. Because the abundance of camas has declined and gathering areas are difficult to access, this project sought to increase Shoshone-Bannock Tribal citizen access to camas by experimenting with ways to grow camas locally. We also held events that provided an opportunity for Tribal citizens to interact with camas. Strengthening relationships with camas in these ways not only can enhance the health of Indigenous communities because of camas’ nutritional value, but also because renewing practices and values associated with camas brings Indigenous Peoples together to redefine and assert their nationhood. Our team of authors includes Tribal- and university-affiliated professionals and students who worked collaboratively to develop this project. We evaluated how different growing conditions and seed sources influence camas cultivation. We found that soil type, stratification setting, and seed source significantly affected seed percent germination. While cold-moist stratifying seeds in a controlled setting in potting soil generally led to the highest percent germination, soil type interacted with seed source, suggesting some degree of local adaptation across gathering areas. Transplanted bulbs had high survival rates, suggesting both seeds and bulbs as viable options to increase local access to camas. This project contributes to our understanding of camas ecology while also demonstrating one approach to help strengthen traditional foodways through Tribal-university partnerships.

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Section: Postcolonial Suppressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Postcolonial Suppressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Postcolonial Suppressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strengthening Relationships to Traditional Foodways: Adapting Food Practices Through Camas Cultivation Experiments on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation

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Hart-Fredeluces,

Brown

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Reproductive Symbolism in Great Basin Rock Art: Bighorn Sheep Hunting, Fertility and Forager Ideology

Garfinkel¹,

Austin²

2011

CAJ

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Coso Range rock drawings are a central subject and focus for debates positing alternative meanings and agents responsible for animal depictions in Great Basin prehistoric rock art. We present new evidence offering a middle ground between the divergent views of the 'hunting religion, increase rites and overkill' and the 'shaman, visions and rain-making' models. We argue that rock-art images, in general, possess multivocality and manifest imbricated conceptual metaphors operating on a variety of scales simultaneously. We recognize that Coso pictures, in one sense, metaphorically represent increase and renewal, human and animal fertility, and game animal magnification. Evidence for that perspective is presented including Coso bighorn with up-raised tails, 'spirit arrows', animals giving birth, those that appear pregnant, and an abundance of animals evidencing vitality and movement. Ritually adept shamans also appear to have often been the religious specialists or agents responsible for Coso rock art and the sources for fashioning these images were frequently visionary experiences.

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

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The Northern Shoshoni

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Strengthening Relationships to Traditional Foodways: Adapting Food Practices Through Camas Cultivation Experiments on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation

Strengthening Relationships to Traditional Foodways: Adapting Food Practices Through Camas Cultivation Experiments on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation

Reproductive Symbolism in Great Basin Rock Art: Bighorn Sheep Hunting, Fertility and Forager Ideology

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