Moson Kahni was a wintering town used by the Northern Shoshone tribe during the 19th century. It is located within the Cache Valley, in parts of current-day Franklin and Preston, Idaho.[1] In Shoshoni, Moson Kahni means "Home of the Lungs", a reference to the plentiful amounts of holocrystalline syeno-diorite,[2] which appeared to look like lungs to the Shoshone.[1] Moson Kahni is considered to be a major Shoshone shelter and permanent winter encampment for the tribe.[3]

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In the turn-based strategy video game Civilization V, Moson Kahni appears as the capital of the playable Shoshone civilization for the Civilization V: Brave New World expansion pack.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation (2005). Coyote Steals Fire: A Shoshone Tale. Logan: Utah State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87421-618-9. Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. ^ Willard, Parry (1 January 1972). "Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Northeastern Cache Valley, Idaho". Utah State Digital Commons. Utah State University. p. 35. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Culture & History". Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Shoshone". IGN. Retrieved 12 March 2016.