Shoshone
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For other uses, see Shoshone (disambiguation).
The Shoshone or Shoshoni (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊniː/ ⓘ or /ʃəˈʃoʊniː/ ⓘ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
- Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
- Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
- Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
- Goshute: western Utah, eastern Nevada
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Total population | |
12,300 (2000) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States (Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming) | |
Languages | |
Shoshone,[1] English | |
Religion | |
Native American Church, Sun Dance, traditional tribal religion,[2] Christianity, Ghost Dance | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Timbisha and Comanche |
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They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by neighboring tribes and early American explorers.[2]
Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their traditional areas of settlement, often co-located with the Northern Paiute people of the Great Basin.