Language is everything to Lynette St. Clair. "By knowing your language, I feel it makes you more whole," she said. St. Clair has taught the Shoshone language to everyone from grade-school students in ...

LANDER — The Shoshone language is at the core of Lynette St. Clair’s identity. Growing up, she learned to speak from her grandmother and other family members, and she can recall a time when tribal ...

ELY — Each weekday morning Boyd Graham rises at 4:30 a.m., leaving the Duckwater Shoshone reservation in the vast Railroad Valley to embark on a 150-mile round-trip journey. He’s an unofficial ...

POCATELLO — After European fur trappers arrived in the Gem State, they struggled to communicate with Shoshone Native Americans. The Shoshoni wove their arms back and forth attempting to introduce ...

Shoshone is one of many American Indian languages that is in danger of becoming extinct. But 10 Shoshone high school students from rural Idaho, Utah and Nevada hope to become future guardians of the ...

FORT WASHAKIE - Although she spoke Shoshone until the age of 6, it has taken years for Reba Teran, now 50, to feel fluent again. Now that she does, she will teach an introductory Eastern Shoshone ...

FORT WASHAKIE - Wilfred Ferris is proud of his heritage as a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. He was born in Lander and is old enough, he says, to remember a time when the language of his elders ...

Lynette St. Clair is one of the nominees for USA TODAY’s Women of the Year program, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program ...