Kuccuntikka

The Kuccuntikka, or Buffalo Eaters, were Shoshone people whose country extended from the upper Green and Wind rivers towards Bear Lake and the Great Salt Lake. Their name recalls the bison that supplied meat, hides and other materials. The spread of horses made distant hunts easier, and Shoshone and Bannock parties travelled east together in pursuit of the herds. Their homeland connected the valleys and mountains of the Great Basin with hunting country beyond the Continental Divide.