Lynette St. Clair is one of the nominees for USA TODAY’s Women of the Year program, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program ...

FORT WASHAKIE - Wilfred Ferris is proud of his heritage as a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. He was born in Lander and is old enough, he says, to remember a time when the language of his elders ...

Language is everything to Lynette St. Clair. "By knowing your language, I feel it makes you more whole," she said. St. Clair has taught the Shoshone language to everyone from grade-school students in ...