ELY SHOSHONE TRIBE

As a Self-Governance tribe, Ely Shoshone Tribe is a sovereign nation. We retain inherent authority to govern and protect the health, safety, and welfare of Tribal citizens within Tribal lands and territories. Ely Shoshone governs its Tribe by their Tribal Constitution with an effective body of five Tribal Council members known as the Ely Shoshone Tribal Council. The Ely Shoshone Tribal Council governs with the focus of exercising their traditional and historical inherent sovereign powers.