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 ...

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. She can recall a time when tribal council ...

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 ...

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 ...

After scientists found an extinct burrowing amphibian on Eastern Shoshone land, members of the tribe gave it a name in their language. By Jeanne Timmons At age 6, Reba Teran lost the ability to speak ...

In September 2023, the Indigenous Youth Culture and Climate Day camps started with a memorable moment: An elder was saying a prayer in Shoshone. She paused, looked up and said a buffalo had joined to ...

She says: “We’re trying to save our culture without a language. But you can’t have a whole culture without language.” It’s not easy to translate a modern word like “computer” into Shoshone, a language ...

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

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 ...