Idaho Mountain Express: Indians to return to Camas Prairie

Friday, June 7, 2013

Indians to return to Camas Prairie

Shoshone and Bannock tribes take part in Camas Lily Days celebration

By TONY EVANS
Express Staff Writer

     Members of the Shoshone and Bannock tribes from Fort Hall Indian Reservation will return to their historical territory in Camas Prairie Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9, for dancing, a traditional relay run, and a display of local arts and crafts.

     The Shoshone and Bannock tribes picked camas bulbs on the Camas Prairie before Europeans came to the area at the beginning of the 19th century. The Bannock War of 1878, one of the last military conflicts between the U.S. military and Native Americans began during a dispute over control of the Camas Prairie.

     The Camas County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the annual Camas Lily Days and Native American Homecoming this year, beginning with a Senior Center Breakfast on Saturday from 7-10 a.m. Tribal members will run from downtown Fairfield at the train caboose to Centennial Marsh at 10 a.m. The Soldier Mountain Ranch will host the American Legion golf tournament, beginning at 9 a.m.

     Camas Lily Days will also feature a free kids fishing derby and a fun run for the public on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 a.m. at Fairfield City Park, where the Camas Chamber will host a breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. The native dancing and singing and fun and games will begin at 1 p.m. at Fairfield City Park.

     For more information visit: http://www.fairfieldidaho.us.

Tony Evans: tevans@mtexpress.com
comprar viagra
acheter viagra
buy viagra

About Comments

Comments with content that seeks to incite or inflame may be removed.

Comments that are in ALL CAPS may be removed.

Comments that are off-topic or that include profanity or personal attacks, libelous or other inappropriate material may be removed from the site. Entries that are unsigned or contain signatures by someone other than the actual author may be removed. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or any other policies governing this site. Use of this system denotes full acceptance of these conditions. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

The comments below are from the readers of mtexpress.com and in no way represent the views of Express Publishing, Inc.

You may flag individual comments. You may also report an inappropriate or offensive comment by clicking here.

Flagging Comments: Flagging a comment tells a site administrator that a comment is inappropriate. You can find the flag option by pointing the mouse over the comment and clicking the 'Flag' link.

Flagging a comment is only counted once per person, and you won't need to do it multiple times.

Proper Flagging Guidelines: Every site has a different commenting policy - be sure to review the policy for this site before flagging comments. In general these types of comments should be flagged: