Shoshoni

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Sho·sho·ne

also Sho·sho·ni S0366700 (shō-shō′nē)n. pl. Shoshone or Sho·sho·nes also Shoshoni or Sho·sho·nis 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting parts of Idaho, northern Utah, eastern Oregon, and western Montana, with a present-day population mostly in southeast Idaho. Also called Northern Shoshone, Snake¹.2. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the Great Basin area of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada south to Death Valley, California, with a present-day population mostly in Nevada. Also called Western Shoshone.3. A member of a Native American people inhabiting the Wind River valley of western Wyoming. Also called Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Shoshone.4. Any of the Uto-Aztecan languages of any of the Shoshone peoples.

[Probably from an Eastern Shoshone band name.]

Sho·sho′ne·an adj.

Sho•sho•ne

(ʃoʊˈʃoʊ ni)

n., pl. -nes, (esp. collectively) -ne. 1. a member of an American Indian people or group of peoples living mainly in Nevada, N Utah, Idaho, and W Wyoming. 2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Shoshones. 3. a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Bighorn River. 120 mi. (193 km) long.

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Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United StatesShoshoneAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedComanche - a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in OklahomaHopi - a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern ArizonaPaiute, Piute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United StatesUte - a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico

Shoshoni

(also Shoshone), a group of North American Indian tribes. The Shoshoni speak the Shoshonean languages, which belong to the Uto-Aztecan language family. They are divided into three groups of tribes: the Pueblo Shoshoni, which are made up of the Hopi; the Plateau Shoshoni, which comprise the Ute, Shoshoni proper, Comanche, Koso, Painte, Bannock, and Mono; and the Southern Californian Shoshoni, which include the Serrano, Gabrielino, Luiseño, and Cahuilla. The various groups were at different stages of cultural development, ranging from primitive gatherers and small-game hunters in California to settled land cultivators (Hopi) and horse-mounted hunters of bison (Comanche and Shoshoni).

Before the arrival of the European colonialists, the Shoshoni proper inhabited Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. They hunted, fished, and gathered wild cereal grains. In the mid-18th century the hunting of bison from horseback became the basis of the economy. In the mid-19th century, the Shoshoni tribes, after stubborn resistance, were settled on reservations in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon. According to the 1970 census, the Shoshoni number 14,200, of whom 4,100 live on reservations; the rest live in cities and work as hired laborers.

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noun a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States

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