Shoshone tribe plans to buy the Bear River land where a Utah-based militia slaughtered their ancestors 155 years ago

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The site of the Bear River Massacre in Franklin County, Idaho, Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The site of the Bear River Massacre in Franklin County, Idaho, Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

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