Today, the Shoshone Indians live on the Wind River reservation in
Wyoming. It covers over 2.2 million acres of land and is the third
largest in the United States. Chief Washakie lead his people, the
Shoshone, to establish the Wind River Reservation in 1868 under the
Fort Bridger Treaty. The Northern Arapaho Indians settled on the
reservation in 1877, while their relatives, the Southern Arapaho, moved
to a reservation in western Okalahoma.
When they first came, the Great Basin was wrought with hardships. It was difficult to find food, water, and shelter. They were originally a nomadic people. They did not own very much, and didn't trade until they obtained horses, which was in the 1700's.