Sheep Eaters or Mountain Shoshone

SHEEP EATER OR MOUNTAIN SHOSHONE (“TUKADEKA”) VIDEO CLIPS FOR THE CLASSROOM

The following video clips were developed for classroom use as part of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe’s “Shoshone Homelands” Tribal Heritage Project, a partnership with the JHHSM sponsored by the Eastern Shoshone Business Council and supported in part by a National Park Service Tribal Heritage Preservation Grant. “Shoshone Homelands” is directed by Shoshone educators Wesley Martel and Lynette St. Clair.

Special thanks to Gary Wortman and Gary Westphalen of First Take and Everyman Production, to Shoshone consultants Roberta Engavo, Mike Garvin, Wynona Genereaux, Regina Hill, Warren St. Clair and Star Weed; and to Alma Snell (Crow). Also to our lead scholars and researchers:  Dr. Rich Adams, Dr. George Frison, Dr. Sharon Kahin, Dr. Lawrence Loendorf, Tom Lucas, John Mionczynski, and Jan Nixon.

PART 1

Introduction to the Sheep Eaters – Mountain Shoshone or “Tukadeka”

Sheep Traps: Hunting Wild Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

History & Construction of Horn Bows Made from Bighorn Rams

Fishing the High Country

Shelters I: Wickiups (Conical Timber Lodges) and Cribbed Structures

Shelters II: Caves and Rye Grass Thatch

PART 2

Gifts of the Mountains: Roots, Plants and Digging Sticks

Gifts of the Mountains: Cooking Meat in Rock-Lined Pits

Gifts of the Mountains: Cooking in Steatite Bowls

Gifts of the Mountains: Medicinal and Ceremonial Herbs

Gifts of the Mountains: Yellowstone – Natural Clay for Spiritual or Ceremonial Purposes

Gifts of the Mountains: Trading and Tools

Gifts of the Mountains: Clothing Made from Bighorn Sheep I

Gifts of the Mountains: Clothing Made from Bighorn Sheep II

Gifts of the Mountains: Obsidian and Flint-knapping

Gifts of the Mountains: Packing Tools on Dogs: Dog Travois

Gifts of the Mountains: Togwotee (Union) Pass

Gifts of the Mountains: Spiritual Significance