#1- On February 23, 1889,
Congress finally ratified the measure of Marsh Valley
including 297,000 acres of the southern portion of
reservation land.
#2- On June 5, 1900, Congress
ratifies the Pocatello Cession Agreement; consisting of
approximately 150,000 acres be sold and "surplus" lands to
be opened for settlement located at the southern end of the
reservation.
#3- the present day map of the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation; consists o f 544,000 acres
remaining from the original Treaty of 1868; home to the
Shoshone-Bannock people (including descendents of the Lemhi,
Weiser, Boise Valley, Bruneau Shoshoni, and the Northwestern
Band of Shoshone Nation). |
