Chief Washakie: Western Shoshone Leader

This is a video for “Chief Washakie“. There are also videos in this channel for: “The Goshute People”, “Sinav: A Goshute Creation Story”, “The Shoshone (Newe) People”.. and for over 320 more North & South-American Tribes & First Nations, Elders, Chiefs, Leaders, Historical Events & Peoples.., with over 680 videos (and counting). ------------------------------------------------ “Chief Washakie” was born around 1804 and crossed-over one final time to the Spirit World on February 20th 1900. He was a prominent leader of the Shoshone People, during the mid-19th century. Chief Washakie was first mentioned, in 1840, in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging of trapper Jim Bridger, Chief Washakie led a band of Shoshone People to the council meetings of the “Treaty of Fort Laramie”. Essentially, from that time until his death, he was considered the Head Chief of the Eastern Shoshones, by the United States government. Chief Washakie's mother, Lost Woman, was a Tussaw