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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fort Hall Business Council (photo courtesy of Sho-Ban News)
Left to right: Glenn Fisher, Adam Hill, Lee Juan Tyler, Nathan Small, Alonzo Coby, Anthony Broncho, Blaine Edmo |
Welcome to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes website.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are located in Southeast Idaho eight miles north of Pocatello along Interstate 15. The Fort Hall Indian Reservation was established by the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 as a 1.8 million acre homeland for the Shoshone and Bannock Indian Tribes. Today the reservation consists of 544,000 acres of which the Tribes own 96%.
There are approximately 5,200 enrolled Tribal members of which approximately 3,800 live on the reservation and an estimated 1,380 live off of the reservation. Tribal members are engaged in agricultural, construction, retail and service businesses and many work for the Tribes in the Tribal enterprise system, Tribal government, and Casino.
For more information about local news and happenings on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, visit www.shobannews.com.
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Tribal Credit Program
 The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Revolving Credit Program was established in 1937 and continues to provide service to tribal members for the past 68 years. Services provided include: short-term consumer loans, rehabilitation loans, and other services such as Bureau of Indian Affairs Loan Guaranty and interest Subsidy, credit counseling, referrals to non-Bureau lenders, and assistance in developing business and economic ventures when requested by the Tribes or individuals.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' Credit and Business Program is committed to providing loans to enrolled members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes for the betterment of their lives, and yet be consistent with safe and sound lending practices.
Environmental Waste Management Program
 The Land Use Environmental Waste Management Program’s Mission is to protect our Tribal Resources by identifying contaminants which pose a threat to human health and the environment; and assist with cleaning up areas with recognized environmental conditions. The EWMP was established as the CERCLA/RCRA Program approximately in 1995. C.E.R.C.L.A or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act was developed to use chemical and petroleum industry taxes to create a Superfund for environmental cleanup. R.C.R.A or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the federal environmental law designed to account for and ensure proper management of hazardous wastes, from creation to disposition.
In 2005, the CERCLA/RCRA Program received approval from the Fort Hall Business Council and Bureau of Indian Affairs to regulate the entities generating, treating, storing, disposing of waste materials within the boundaries of the Fort Hall Reservation, with the Environmental Waste Management Act. This ordinance led to the name change of CERCLA/ RCRA to the Environmental Waste Management Program, by Resolution# ENVR-05-1590 dated December 19, 2005.
Fort Hall Recreation
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The Fort Hall Recreation Program was established in 1964, under the supervision of the Fort Hall Business Council. The Fort Hall Recreation Program provides many basic human, physical and emotional needs to the residents of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Leisure time activities are provided so that skills taught may be used later in life and during periods of inactivity. These recreational, traditional and cultural activities provide a place where people share the fellowship of friends and where they can work and play together, making leisure time more meaningful.
Tribal Employment Rights Office
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TERO manages the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance which provides for Indian Preference in any employment, contract and subcontract conducted on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. This ordinance was established in 1981 and further enhanced by the adoption of operating regulations in 1988.
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TERO coordinates the Certification of Indian Contractors, Negotiates Employer Compliance Plans, offers a Tribal Hiring Hall, Apprenticeship Program, Cooperative Human Resource Agreements as well as providing for work-related training.
TERO receives funding from the EEOC or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for processing and conciliating discrimination charges for Native Americans under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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