of a Bannock hunting party fording the Snake River during the
Bannock War of 1895 The Northern Paiute have a history of trade with surrounding tribes. In the 1700s, the bands in eastern
Oregon traded with the tribes to the north, who by 1730 had acquired the horse. In the mid-18th century, some bands developed a horse culture and split off to become the Bannock tribe. The horse gave the tribe a greater range, from Oregon to northern
Nevada, southern
Idaho, and western
Wyoming. They forayed from there on the Bannock Trail to
Montana and
Canada to hunt buffalo. The Bannock have traditionally made pottery, utensils from
bighorn sheep horns, and carrying bags made from salmon skin. Their
petroglyphs date back before European contact, and, after the introduction of glass beads, they transferred their geometric design to beadwork. For water transport, they have made
tule reed rafts. Prior to the late 19th century, Bannock people fished for salmon on the
Snake River in
Idaho and in the fall, they hunted buffalo herds. Buffalo hides have provided material for
tipis. The Bannock are prominent in American history due to the
Bannock War of 1878. After the war, the Bannock moved onto the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation with the Northern Shoshone and gradually their tribes merged. Today they are called the Shoshone-Bannock. The Bannock live on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, 544,000 acres (2,201 km2) in Southeastern Idaho.
Lemhi and Northern Shoshone live with the Bannock Indians. In the
2010 U.S. census, 89 people identified as having "Bannock" ancestry with 38 being "full-blooded". 5,315 people are enrolled in the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, all of whom are designated "Shoshone-Bannock" (without more specific designation). == Notable Bannock people ==