Western Shoshone Nation
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The Western Shoshone Nation is a Native American people of the Great Basin region, comprising multiple Western Shoshone tribes and bands with shared cultural, linguistic, and historical ties.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation | 1 |
| Northwestern Shoshone band | 1 |
| Western Shoshone Nation canonical | 1 |
| Western Shoshone National Council | 1 |
| Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18308478 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Shoshone Nation Context triple: [Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone, partOf, Western Shoshone Nation]
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A.
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American nation primarily based on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, known for its rich cultural heritage and historical role in shaping relations between Indigenous peoples and the United States in the Rocky Mountain region.
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B.
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Western Shoshone Native American tribe based in central Nevada, known for maintaining traditional Shoshoni culture and language while governing its own reservation lands.
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C.
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
The Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Paiute and Shoshone peoples from the Owens Valley region.
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D.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are a federally recognized Native American tribal nation in the United States, primarily based at the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and composed of Shoshone and Bannock peoples.
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E.
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe traditionally associated with the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Shoshone Nation Target entity description: The Western Shoshone Nation is a Native American people of the Great Basin region, comprising multiple Western Shoshone tribes and bands with shared cultural, linguistic, and historical ties.
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A.
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American nation primarily based on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, known for its rich cultural heritage and historical role in shaping relations between Indigenous peoples and the United States in the Rocky Mountain region.
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B.
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Western Shoshone Native American tribe based in central Nevada, known for maintaining traditional Shoshoni culture and language while governing its own reservation lands.
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C.
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
The Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Paiute and Shoshone peoples from the Owens Valley region.
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D.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are a federally recognized Native American tribal nation in the United States, primarily based at the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and composed of Shoshone and Bannock peoples.
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E.
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe traditionally associated with the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Western Shoshone Nation