The Bighorn Sheep Center

features information about the Sheepeater

(also called the Mountain Shoshone) Native Americans. This culture inhabited the Dubois area for thousands of years and maintained a strong connection with wild sheep. Examine a re-creation of an ancient Sheepeater sheep trap. Make your own drawing of a petroglyph based on an original design created hundreds of years ago. See handmade winter boots made from bighorn sheep fur. Consider the creation of a sheep horn bow, a highly prized possession among this area’s earliest inhabitants. Our Sheepeater display also includes a collection of replica stone and bone tools, hand-tanned bighorn sheep hides, and many other items all made with materials from bighorn sheep. Our Sheepeater displays are unique to the National Bighorn Sheep Center. Come and learn!