Shoshone people

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The Shoshone people are a Native American group of the Great Basin and surrounding regions, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with distinct Northern, Western, and Eastern bands and a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shoshone people canonical 29
Shoshone peoples 2
Shoshonean peoples 2

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Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States
Native American people
acquiredHorses 18th century
continent North America
culturalArea Great Basin culture area
Plains culture area (Eastern Shoshone)
ethnicGroupOf United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
Ely Shoshone Tribe
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada
Yomba Shoshone Tribe
hasSubgroup Eastern Shoshone
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone
historicalEvent Lewis and Clark Expedition
language Shoshone language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
modernEconomicActivity agriculture
gaming enterprises
ranching
tourism
notableLeader Bear Hunter
Chief Washakie
Pocatello
notableMember Sacagawea
populationTrend decline after European contact due to disease and conflict
primaryRegion Great Basin
relatedEthnicGroup Bannock people
Comanche people
linked to: Comanche

Goshute people
Paiute people
linked to: Paiute
religion Christianity
Native American Church
traditional Shoshone religion
roleInEvent guided Lewis and Clark Expedition through Sacagawea
sovereignStatus tribal sovereignty recognized by United States government
traditionalClothingMaterial animal hides
buckskin
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
hide tanning
horse gear making
traditionalDwelling tipi
wickiup
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalRegion California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
deer hunting
fishing
hunter-gatherer
root gathering
seed gathering
small game hunting
traditionalTransport horse
treaty Treaty of Fort Bridger (1863)
Treaty of Fort Bridger (1868)

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Salt Lake Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Shoshone people
Shoshone Falls namedAfter Shoshone people
Central Numic spokenBy Shoshone people
Central Numic spokenBy Timbisha Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshone people
Shoshoni language ethnicGroup Shoshone people
Shoshone River namedAfter Shoshone people
Lemhi Shoshone subgroupOf Shoshone people
Toussaint Charbonneau associatedWith Shoshone people
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes composedOf Shoshone people
Gallatin Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Shoshone people
Shoshone County namedAfter Shoshone people
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe ethnicGroup Shoshone people
Fort Hall Indian Reservation ethnicGroup Shoshone people
Panamint people linguisticRelation Shoshonean peoples
linked to: Shoshone people
Panamint people culturalRelation Shoshonean peoples
linked to: Shoshone people
Bannock people closelyRelatedEthnicGroup Shoshone people
Bannock people alliancedWith Shoshone people
Northern Shoshone subgroupOf Shoshone people
present-day Utah hasIndigenousPeople Shoshone people
Coso people neighboringGroup Shoshone people
Shoshone scouts ethnicGroup Shoshone people
Uncompahgre band of the Ute neighboringGroup Shoshone peoples
linked to: Shoshone people
Eastern Shoshone Tribe partOf Shoshone peoples
linked to: Shoshone people
Shoshone, Idaho namedAfter Shoshone people
Timbisha subgroupOf Shoshone people
parfleche painting associatedWithCulture Shoshone people