Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)

United States American Indians  Shoshone Indians  Idaho  Indians of Idaho  

The Fort Hall Indian Reservation is located in eastern Idaho (Bannock, Bingham, Caribou and Power Counties), just north of Pocatello.


 * Established -- July 30,1869
 * Agency (BIA) -- Fort Hall
 * Principal tribe(s) -- Shoshone and Bannock
 * Population -- 1969 Tribal enrollment 2,675

History
The Fort Hall Reservation is located just north of Pocatello, Idaho in the eastern part of the state. The only major town on the reservation is Fort Hall, Idaho, which is also the site of the agency headquarters, a museum, and some tribal businesses.

The Reservation was established by Treaty of July 3. 1868 (XV, 673) and by Executive orders and agreements.

Records
Some records of Indians who have lived on the Fort Hall Reservation are included in the records of the Fort Hall Agency, 1909-1963, housed in the Pacific Alaska Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Seattle. These records are primarily administrative files regarding financial matters, but there are a few student case files for 1952-1970. For additional information, see Fort Hall Agency.

The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. The census includes the non-Indian employees of the Fort Hall Agency, as well as many pages of Indian Population Schedules for the native population of the Reservation. They are recorded as District 144 in Bingham County, Idaho.

Land records:Triball lands: 215,558 acres.Allotted land: 266,508 acres