The recently released book, “The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History”, by Darren Parry, Chairman of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone, is the first book to tell the story of “the largest massacre of Native Americans by federal troops in the history of the United States” from the perspective of the Shoshone Nation. In this session Chairman Parry, a direct descendant of Massacre survivor Chief Sagwitch, will tell the story of the massacre from the perspective of the Shoshone Nation and speak about what the Shoshone Band is doing today and their plans to build an Interpretative Center at the site of the Massacre