Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society

The authors combine ethnographic interviews and ethnohistoric research to reconstruct Shoshone and Bannock patterns of subsistence, territorial use, seasonal movement, and social and political organization. Based on fieldwork on several reservations in the mid-1950s and scrutiny of fur-period and other documentary sources, they trace eastern Shoshone history around the nineteenth century and outline the distribution and variation among Idaho Shoshone and Bannock groups, discussing linguistics, riverine and mountain subsistence zones, and reservation situations such as Fort Hall and Duck Valley. The study emphasizes ecological influences on social structures, notes limits of oral recall and source reliability, and organizes material into regional and thematic sections.