Jack 'Que-Bo' Edmo

Jack Edmo (b. 1863 d. 1929) was the next to youngest of Arimo's seven sons. It is Jack and his family whose images we find again and again in Wrensted's work. Edward Edmo Sr., Jack's nephew, a nationally known Shoshone-Bannock storyteller, describes his uncle as a man who liked to dress up, to participate in powwows and Fourth of July festivities, and to be "in front of the camera."

1886. “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n137/mode/1up?view=theater. Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 139/816, line 137, census of the Bannock, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho

1887 May 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n216/mode/..., Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 217/816, line xx (age 55), census of the Bannock, Fort Hall Agency, Ross Fork, Idaho

1891 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n326/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 327/816, line 135, census of the Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Indian Agency, Ross Fork, Idaho

Northern Shoshone

Jack Edmo was a son of Chief Arimo. Jack was one of seven sons. He was a influential spiritual leader of the Shoshone-Bannock in late 1860s, during the enrollment of First Nations peoples on reservations. Jack was married to Lizzie Rundell a Bannock woman, who relocated to Fort Hall from the Maluler Oregon. Both Lizzie and her mother Cayuse Mary were interperters at the old Fort Hall.

Tom, James and Jack Edmo