GBIA Video: Raymond Yowell, Lee, NV, Indigenous Environmental Network
At the Indigenous Environment Network (IEN) meeting in Lee, NV on May 8, 2006 Raymond
Yowell spoke of the Western Shoshone’s struggle with the United States. He recants
the audience with the history of the Shoshone people explaining the various groups
which belong to the Shoshone Nation before the United States re-organized them. Furthermore,
he describes the methods which were applied towards the Western Shoshone in relation
to land ownership. He goes on to tell the audience about the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and the Claims Commission court proceedings, and the appeals which took place at the
international level in the U.N. courts. (GBC VHC Description, 08/23/2017)
Transcript (PDF)