Tag Archives: Shoshone

‘Plopped Down in the Middle of That’: Indian Boarding School Life Documented in the Warm Valley Historical Project

The Warm Valley Historical Project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, was conducted from 1990 to 1991 in coordination with the Shoshone Episcopal Mission to interview residents about Wind River Reservation life during the early … Continue reading

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Baker and Johnston’s Native American Portraits

The American Heritage Center has digitized the entirety of the Baker and Johnston photograph collection.  The Baker and Johnston Photographic Studio operated in Evanston, Wyoming, in the late 1800’s by Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston.  They photographed a variety … Continue reading

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American Heritage Center Digitizes Wind River Missionary Records

The AHC has digitized and made accessible online more than 1,300 items from the papers of John Roberts. Reverend John Roberts was an Episcopalian missionary who worked among the Arapaho and Shoshone peoples on the Wind River Indian Reservation in … Continue reading

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