Wood River Museum in Ketchum to host free event focused on Shoshone-Bannock culture

The Wood River Museum of History and Culture in Ketchum is hosting a free event focused on traditional and contemporary Shoshone-Bannock practices.

The event, “Practicing, Preserving and Sharing Traditional and Contemporary Ways with Bobette and Russell Haskett” will feature a couple from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation to present the different uses of traditional tools, dried plant materials and animal pelts. Questions from the audience are encouraged.

When: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 27
Where: The Wood River Museum of History and Culture, 580 Fourth St. E., Ketchum

“So many visitors to the museum have connected to the muskrat shoes and camas digging stick made by Bobette and Russ,” Brigid Miller, museum community engagement manager, said in a press release. “I am excited for this program as we will learn more about these objects and other practices from two wonderful and knowledgeable individuals.”

Objects found in the Shoshone-Bannock exhibit at the Wood River Museum have all been made in recent years and demonstrate the traditional and contemporary practices of the Shoshone-Bannock peoples, according to the press release.

The Hasketts will display clothing and baskets made from animal fur pelts, buckskin and dried plant materials.They will also present the many types of plants, bulbs and roots the traditional bodo, or digging stick was used for.

The Hasketts hope this program will “leave the audience with an understanding of why the Shoshone and Bannock people hold the Ketchum area dear to them, it is part of their original territories,” according to the press release.

Admission is free at the event. Seating is limited, and registration is required and available on the Wood River Museum website here.