Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho

SSP is excited to launch our first-ever project in Idaho.  We've been invited by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to live and work on their beautiful Fort Hall Reservation.  Fort Hall is a large reservation located in southeastern Idaho.  The Snake River flows through the reservation, which consists of flat bottom lands as well as some of the surrounding mountain areas.

The reservation is home to about 3,500 tribal members.  The flatlands are used to grow wheat and as rangeland.  The reservation is the home of a 500-head herd of buffalo and eagles nest along the Snake River!  The pictures here were taken in December and the ground was covered with a few inches of snow.  However, summers are warm, with high's in the 90's and cooler nights.

What kind of work will be doing?  Because of the needs of the community, we've decided to focus all of our efforts at Fort Hall on building wheelchair ramps!  This is exciting and will give all teams a great chance to put their carpentry skills to work and to work with (mostly) elderly residents.

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    Download a brochure about our Fort Hall program.

    Learn more about the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes...   

    Learn more about Indian peoples...

Accommodations.   We will be staying in the local high school (pictured below), which has ample room for us, a large kitchen, showers and bathrooms. 

Our Work.  Our work will involve lots of carpentry projects, such as wheelchair ramps, porches and stairs.

The Weather.  We expect highs in the 90's and cool nights.  Nights may be particularly cool at the beginning of the summer, so make sure you pack appropriately!

Phone:  208-238-4200 ex.120

Mailing address: 

Volunteer Name

    Sierra Service Project

    General Delivery

    Fort Hall ID 83203

Directions:  To get to the Fort Hall reservation, consult Google maps or a similar mapping service or a traditional road map for the best route for you.  Regardless of your origin, you will eventually end up on I-15.  Take the Fort Hall Exit (Exit 80) and turn west on Fort Ross/Simplot Road.  If you are going south, this will be a right turn and it will be a left turn if you are traveling north.

Go west on Ross Fork/Simplot Road until you reach the T-Intersection, approximately 1 mile.  Turn left onto Hiline Road and go a short distance.  You will see the Sho-Ban High School, a large complex of red-roofed buildings, on your left.  Turn left into the parking lot and follow the hand-made SSP signs!

PLEASE remember that you have a long way to travel to get to this site.  Idaho is on Mountain Time.  Please allow plenty of time to reach the site NO LATER than 4 PM.  Driving Times.