Northwestern Band commemorates 1863 massacre

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation marked the anniversary of the 1863 Bear River Massacre last month. On January 29, 1863, the U.S. Army made a surprise attack on the small tribe along the Bear River in present-day…

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