Moson Kahni

Moson Kahni was a wintering town used by the Northern Shoshone tribe during the 19th century. It is located within the Cache Valley, in parts of current-day Franklin and Preston, Idaho.[1] In Shoshoni, Moson Kahni means "Home of the Lungs", a reference to the plentiful amounts of holocrystalline syeno-diorite,[2] which appeared to look like lungs to the Shoshone.[1] Moson Kahni is considered to be a major Shoshone shelter and permanent winter encampment for the tribe.[3] In the computer game Civilization V, it appears as the capital of the Shoshone.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation (2005). Coyote Steals Fire: A Shoshone Tale. Logan: Utah State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87421-618-9.
  2. ↑ Willard, Parry (1 January 1972). "Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Northeastern Cache Valley, Idaho". Utah State Digital Commons. Utah State University. p. 35. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Culture & History". Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Shoshone". IGN. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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