James Trosper is a respected voice on traditional Plains
Indian spirituality. He is Medicine Man and Sun Dance chief of the Shoshone Tribe
on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Mr. Trosper is a
direct descendant of the great Eastern Shoshone chief, Washakie, and he comes from
a long line of Shoshone Sun Dance chiefs that includes John Trehero, the Sun Dance
chief who brought the Shoshone Sun Dance to the Crow tribe. Mr. Trosper is also
part Arapaho.
Mr. Trosper has traveled throughout America, assisting in the continuation of American
Indian religious traditions, and explaining the Sun Dance religion of the Plains
and Indian spirituality to Indian and white audiences. He is also deeply involved
in developing and promoting programs to preserve the Shoshone language and cultural
heritage.
James Trosper is a director of the Chief Washakie Foundation, and a director of
the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. He holds a degree from the University
of Wyoming, where he is now a Trustee of the University.
Trosper, his wife, and their two children, live in Fort Washakie.
James Trosper has contributed the following to World Wisdom projects:
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