Alice Sheldon's Washakie artifact collection 1890-1900

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Alice Sheldon's Washakie artifact collection 1890-1900

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This collection consists of late 19th century artifacts pertaining to Washakie (circa 1804–1900), Chief of the Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe.

cubic ft. (5 boxes)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405543

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Sheldon, Alice

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It is believed Washakie was born among the Flathead – a close ally to many branches of the Shoshonean speaking peoples. Washakie’s father was Flathead. Washakie’s father died when he was a young man. After his father’s death, Washakie, his mother, and siblings wandered the Rocky Mountain area with various kin among several different groups. They spent an entire season with the Eastern Shoshone; a group of Shoshonean peoples closely related to his mother’s Shoshone people and heavily...

Washakie, approximately 1804-1900

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Eastern Bands of Shoshoni Indians.

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