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Shoshone
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shoshoni, Shoshones, Shoshone people, Shoshoco, Shoshoki, Shoshoko, Shoshonee, Snake
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming Northern Shoshone: Southern Idaho Western Shoshone: California, Nevada, and Northern Utah Goshute: western Utah, eastern Nevada
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Shoshone
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Newe
- Ethnic group.population
- 12,300 (2000)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- United States(Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon,Utah, Wyoming)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Native American Church, Sun Dance,traditional tribal religion, Christianity, Ghost Dance
- Ethnic group.langs
- Shoshone, English
- Ethnic group.related
- Timbisha and Comanche
- Ethnonym.root
- Neme / Newe"People"
- Ethnonym.people
- NemeNewe
- Ethnonym.language
- Neme Ta̲i̲kwappehNewe Ta̲i̲kwappe
- Ethnonym.country
- Neme SegobiaNewe Segobia
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- Shoshoni tipis.jpg
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- Shoshoni
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- Etymology
- Language
- History
- Historical population
- Bands
- Reservations and Indian colonies
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming Northern Shoshone: Southern Idaho Western Shoshone: California, Nevada, and Northern Utah Goshute: western Utah, eastern Nevada
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.