Sho-Pai Greenhouses at Duck Valley,2015A. Hedrick, Bureau of Land Management Idaho,2015; BLM and Sho-Pai Greenhouses / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY2.0; U.S. federal-government work also marked public domain.
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Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes are the joint government of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which spans Idaho and Nevada. The Tribes' history identifies Western Shoshone and Northern Paiute descendants in this community. Its public account, a historical constitution and a federal water-settlement statement offer a focused introduction to Duck Valley rather than all Shoshone or Paiute peoples.
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Idaho
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3 annotated resources · 1 Indigenous-led
Inspected sources
3 substantive works · selected content reviewed
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Still unfinished
Source review
October 27, 2026
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Assessment recorded October 27, 2026. This is separate from research completion and community review.
Compare the public history with original executive orders and broader community voices.
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Check the later legislative and implementation record before describing present settlement outcomes.
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These photographs have individual, documented connections to this entry. Their captions and source records define the people, place, object, and period shown; no one photograph represents every community within a broader label.
Sho-Pai Greenhouses at Duck Valley,2015 A. Hedrick, Bureau of Land Management Idaho,2015; BLM and Sho-Pai Greenhouses / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY2.0; U.S. federal-government work also marked public domain.
Publicly published BLM photograph of the specifically identified Duck Valley Sho-Pai Greenhouses. The record describes Owyhee High School FFA participation in growing sagebrush seedlings for mine reclamation and wildfire restoration. The inspected image shows the exterior greenhouses and two people working; their names, citizenship and governmental roles are not inferred. The photo documents this particular community-linked project and date, not all Shoshone or Paiute peoples, present program outcomes or a complete reservation landscape. Actual Commons file description, credit, source, Flickr license review and licensing read; the record explicitly displays the original Flickr URL downloaded here. Full3264x2448 JPEG downloaded, decoded and visually inspected after completion. No crop, retouching or generated pixels. Cards/backgrounds may use disclosed CSS cropping. Provide visible A.Hedrick/BLM credit and CC BY2.0 license link. Image evidence adds no substantive reading-source count.
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Duck Valley’s community history
The Tribes' Cultural Department distinguishes the reservation's establishment in 1877 from expansions in 1886 and 1910. It recounts movement, schooling and resistance to a proposed relocation to Fort Hall. Its narrative keeps the shared Western Shoshone and Northern Paiute community visible. Undated membership and acreage totals are omitted here, and its account is attributed to the Tribes rather than presented as an independently reconstructed history.
A public transcription of the 1936 constitution and bylaws names the joint Tribes and sets out a business council, territorial jurisdiction, land provisions and an amendment process. Its certification distinguishes a March 21 ratification vote from April 20 approval. The transcription has apparent errors; neither it nor its original date establishes present citizenship rules or all later amendments.
The Interior Department's H.R. 1869 statement describes the 2009 Duck Valley water-rights settlement and a proposed correction about trust-fund interest. It places the reservation on both sides of the Idaho–Nevada border. This is a dated federal legislative position about one settlement issue, not the Tribes' full water history. The inspected statement does not establish subsequent enactment, implementation or present outcomes.
Compare the public history with original executive orders and broader community voices.
Review original constitutional scans, later amendments and current tribal law before making legal claims.
Check the later legislative and implementation record before describing present settlement outcomes.
A community-specific starting guide reuses selected earlier actual-content reviews with their original dates/scopes. It does not add new global works merely because a URL appears on this route. Picture identification/rights are separate from historical adequacy or community endorsement.
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No Indigenous-led source is identified in this entry yet. This is a gap in this collection, and does not imply an absence of community knowledge or organization.
Indigenous-led / community government historyShoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian ReservationSource 1
The joint government identifies Western Shoshone and Northern Paiute descendants at Duck Valley and recounts reservation creation/expansion, resistance to relocation, schooling and constitutional organization. This is its institutional history, not a uniform history of all Northern Paiute communities. Undated membership and present-program figures are not used.
Inspection: Content reviewed for the stated scope
Scope: Complete visible history body, lines43–61, read October23. Linked history videos were not played and photographs not reused.
Government / historical primary legal document1936 Government Printing Office text transcribed by University of Oklahoma Native American Constitution and Law Digitization ProjectSource 2
Historical governing instrument identifying the joint Tribes, territorial jurisdiction, council powers, land provisions and amendment process. Its adoption certification dates the vote to March21,1936 and approval to April20. The transcription contains apparent errors; do not silently correct its text or present 1936 provisions as verified current law.
Inspection: Content reviewed for the stated scope
Scope: Complete HTML transcription including constitution articlesI–X, bylawsI–VI and adoption/approval certification, lines53–266. Original scan and amendments not inspected.
Federal account of the joint Tribes’ Idaho/Nevada water-rights settlement and a proposed trust-fund interest correction. Useful for separating the 2009 settlement from a later legislative proposal. The Department’s support is a policy position, not proof of enactment or successful implementation.
Inspection: Content reviewed for the stated scope
Scope: Complete statement for the record, lines34–65. Bill enactment, later implementation and underlying settlement instruments not independently reviewed.
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Robey’s Atlas of Indigenous North America · Compiled October 19, 2026 · Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
