thumb|right|200px|Petroglyphs created by the Sheepeater Native Americans who first settled in the Dubois area The first occupants of the mountains and valleys surrounding what is now Dubois were members of the Sheepeaters, a group of Mountain Shoshone, who included the Wind River area in their regular annual migrations from the Great Plains through the mountains of Yellowstone and beyond. The Wind River Valley surrounding Dubois contains numerous remnants of these people who lived in the area for many hundreds of years before they were relocated into a nearby reservation. Relics of their existence in the mountains and valleys around Dubois include numerous prehistoric petroglyphs, hunting traps and blinds, and stone tepee circles.
thumb|right|200px|petroglyphs created by the sheepeater native americans who first settled in the dubois area the first occupants of the mountains and valleys surrounding what is now dubois were members of the sheepeaters a group of mountain shoshone who included the wind river area in their regular annual migrations from the great plains through the mountains of yellowstone and beyond the wind river valley surrounding dubois contains numerous remnants of these people who lived in the area for many hundreds of years before they were relocated into a nearby reservation relics of their existence in the mountains and valleys around dubois include numerous prehistoric petroglyphs hunting traps and blinds and stone tepee circles