Larry Bannock, Big Chief of the Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indian tribe, died April 30 of a heart attack. He was 66. Bannock grew up in Gert Town and was considered a virtuoso in the art of Indian ...

FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are celebrating the 56th Annual Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival starting on Aug. 8-11 in Fort Hall. According to Festival Coordinator, Wendy Farmer, “The ...

FORT HALL, Idaho — A debut book by Idaho native Cleve Davis is reigniting discussion about the history, cultural meaning and legal battles surrounding Indian hunting rights — topics that wildlife and ...

Not many people living today have had the experience of a grandmother telling of her childhood experience of the Bannock Indian War in Oregon. (In Washington history books, it is usually referred to ...

The following story is excerpted from this book and is part three of a seven-part weekly series. PENDLETON — In June 1878, Bannock and Paiute Native Americans from southern Idaho swept into Oregon and ...

FORT HALL — The 58th Annual Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival kicked off on Thursday, August 10, 2023, and will conclude on Sunday, August 13, 2023. This year’s theme is “Honoring the Strength and ...

FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI)– The Annual Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival started Thursday with a parade and children's events. The weekend-long festival will include traditional dance and music, rodeo ...

When the pallbearers carrying Larry Bannock’s casket came down the steps from New Orleans’s City of Love Church last Saturday, 15 Mardi Gras Indians, their many-feathered costumes shimmering in the ...

Big Chief Larry Bannock of the Golden Star Hunters passed away April 30, 2014. (Pableaux Johnson) On April 30, 2014, just days after performing at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Golden Star Hunters Mardi ...

FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI)-The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have announced the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival has again been canceled this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hosting the powwow doesn’t fit ...

Eastern Idaho’s Teton High School has retired its Redskin mascot, and one Idaho tribe is calling for the removal of all Native American high school mascots and nicknames in the state. The ...