This EDA partnership planning investment will assist the shoshone bannock tribes "achieve sustainable growth, social and economic development, and financial independence that preserves and protects…

The Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce awarded $180,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho. This three-year project grant will support the Tribes' planning efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth, preserve their culture and traditions, and maintain self-sufficiency as outlined in the 1868 Fort Bridger Treaty. Specifically, the funding will assist the Tribes in creating a regional economic development plan to stimulate and guide their community's economic development initiatives through 2024 in line with the program's goals. Contextually, the Planning program aims to provide grantees with assistance to develop plans that will help strengthen and diversify local and regional economies.

This EDA partnership planning investment will assist the shoshone bannock tribes "achieve sustainable growth, social and economic development, and financial independence that preserves and protects the fort bridger treaty; expands jurisdiction; strengthens tribal sovereignty, natural and human resources; and maintains language, cultural and traditional values for future generations of the shoshone and bannock people."