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Important Dates in Shoshone History
1700: The Northern and Eastern Shoshone acquire horses and become buffalo hunters
1782: The Easter Shoshone are devastated by smallpox and attacks by the Blackfoot
1805: The Shoshone meet Lewis and Clark
January 1863: The Bear River Massacre takes place
1863: The first Treaty of Fort Bridger is negotiated, reducing the amount of reservation lands
1868: The second treaty of Fort Bridger is negotiated, reducing the amount of reservation lands
1930s: Shoshone bands, reorganize and form tribal governments
1990s: Struggles over land rights continue
2006: The United Nations tells the United States to cease activity on Shoshone land until Shoshone Claims are settled
Edwards, L. (n.d.). Shoshone. In U·X·L encyclopedia of Native American tribes (Five ed.). Gale, Cengage Learning.
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