The Tukudeka or Mountain Sheepeaters are a band of Shoshone within the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Shoshone. Before the reservation era, they traditionally lived in the central Sawtooth Range of
Sawtooth Range, the traditional home of the Tukudeka in central Idaho
Bighorn sheep, or Ovis canadensis, traditional food source for the Tukudeka
Sign at Sheepeater Cliff, Wyoming
The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, United States, reaching a maximum elevation of 10,751 feet at the summit of Thompson Peak. It encompasses an area of 678
Tukudeka
…are a band of Shoshone within the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Shoshone. Before the reservation era, they traditionally lived in the central Sawtooth Range of Idaho and the mountains of what is now northwest Wyoming. Bands were very fluid and nomadic, and they often interacted with and intermarried other…
McGown Peak and Stanley Lake
Sawtooth Mountains and Toxaway Lake