Wuda Ogwa Cultural and Land Restoration Project
In 2018, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation purchased 350 acres of its ancestral land along Wuda Ogwa (Bear River). Now, the tribe is restoring the area, estimating that it can return 13,000 acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake each year by planting vegetation from invasive to native plants, restoring degraded agricultural fields back to wetlands, and returning the site to what it was before.
We are also working towards a stone amphitheater and Cultural Interpretive Center to show artifacts and tell our story, both past and present.
By donating to this project, you're helping us heal the land.
Fundraising is ongoing, but the pieces are in place and shovel ready, but with rising costs we're not quite there. We're grateful for the initial contributions from: GSBS Architects, The State of Utah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and individual donors. The partners and individual donors that continue to show your support, we thank you. The Tribe hopes to break ground for the Ampitheatre by 2026 and Cultural Interpretive Center in the next five years.
Would you like to help?
Please donate today. If you'd like to volunteer your time or resources, please contact us.
Boa Ogoi or Big River in the native Shoshone language is the name of the massacre of more than 500 Shoshone in Southeast Idaho. It was the single largest loss of Native American Life in the history of the country. This video was created to educate about the work that's taking place and support fundraising for the land restoration new Shoshone Cultural Interpretive Center.
Thank you to our donors and partners for making this possible.
Would you like to know more about this project?
If you have questions or you would like to volunteer your time or resources, please contact us.