Land area
Land of the Bannock and Shoshoni in several states, ceded 1868 (area 520)
- 1868
Ceded to the United States
By Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 (Eastern Shoshone and Bannock)
In the record
Given up by the Shoshoni and Bannock in the July 1868 Fort Bridger treaty, which gave up their right to all land outside their reservation. The area covers about 45 million acres in what is now Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
The 1899 record names Bannock and Shoshone (Shoshoni) as the people of this land.
How it was taken: a treaty or agreement. The treaty text records a negotiated reservation treaty signed by chiefs and headmen; the Supreme Court in 1937 describes it as an exchange of reservations, and no source cited describes coercion.
Today, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band) carry the history of the people named here.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
- Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
- Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band; and Wells Band)
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Nation government Tribal co-management and protection of Bears Ears National Monument Give on their site Website
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Nation government National Bison Range restoration (about 18,800 acres) Website
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Located in 5
Nations named for this land 4
- Bannockmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utahmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
- Shoshone (Shoshoni)as named in the 1899 recordsuggested
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservationmatched by the Forest Service, under reviewsuggested
Agreements recorded for this land 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1868-07-03primary record
- Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1868-07-03primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Wyoming 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Colorado 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Utah 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Idaho (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 520
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1868-07-03
- Kind of instrument
- Treaty or agreement
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Bannock; Shoshoni
- States
- CO; ID; MT; UT; WY
- Counties
- Bannock; Bear Lake; Beaverhead; Bingham; Blaine; Bonneville; Box Elder; Butte; Cache; Carbon; Caribou; Cassia; Clark; Custer; Daggett; Davis; Franklin; Fremont; Jackson; Jefferson; Lemhi; Lincoln; Madison; Moffat; Morgan; Natrona; Oneida; Park; Power; Routt; Salt Lake; Sublette; Summit; Sweetwater; Teton; Uintah; Utah; Wasatch; Weber
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Wyoming 1; Colorado 1; Utah 1; Idaho
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium