Goshute Indian Tribe

Brief History

 * 1776: First European contact
 * 1847: The Latter Day Saints (Mormon's) arrive in Salt Lake Valley
 * 1850-1860: conflict with settlers
 * 1863: October 12, Treaty of Tooele Valley,
 * 1912: Skull Valley Reservation established (17,920 acres)
 * 1917: Skull Valley Reservation expanded by 640 acres
 * 1934: Goshute Reservation on the Utah-Nevada boarder established (Goshute, Paiute and Bannock)
 * 1940: Confereated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
 * 1996: Tribal enrollment 111

Additional References to the History of the Tribe and/or Band
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Goshute tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Agencies
The following Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs had jurisdiction over all or part of the Goshute Indians for the years indicated:


 * Goshute
 * Kaibab
 * Paiute

Superintendencies

 * Utah

Tribal Headquarters
Goshute Indians

P.O. Box 6104 195 Tribal Center Road Ibapah, Utah 84034 Phone: 435.234.1138 Fzx: 435.234.1162

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Utah. Approved November 25, 1940
 * Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Indian Reservation Official Website
 * Goshute Tribe Wikipedia