Shoshone Indian

The Shoshone or Shoshoni are a Native American tribe in the United States with three large divisions: the Northern Shoshone, the Western Shoshone and the Eastern Shoshone.
They traditionally spoke the Shoshoni language, a part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. Some Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians or Bannock Indians by early Europeans.
The Northern Shoshone are concentrated in eastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northeastern Utah. The Northern Shoshone lived in tipis, had horses, and hunted buffalo.
The Eastern Shoshone tribes lived in Wyoming, northern Colorado and Montana. After 1750, warfare and pressure from the Blackfoot, Crow, Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho pushed them south and westward. Some of them moved as far south as Texas, to become the Comanche.
The Western Shoshone tribes lived in Oregon and western Idaho, and ranged from central Idaho, northwestern Utah, central Nevada. Some are also located in California. The Idaho groups of Western Shoshone were called Tukuaduka (sheep eaters), while the Nevada/Utah bands were called the Gosiute or Toi Ticutta (cattail eaters). In California the Timbisha Shoshone (also known as the Death Valley or Panamint Shoshone) have lived for centuries in the Death Valley, Saline Valley, Panamint Valley and surrounding mountains. They have a federally recognized tribal reservation and government at Furnace Creek, California. Shoshone-Paiute have continued to live in the Owens Valley, California. 
They traditionally spoke the Shoshoni language, a part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by early Europeans.
The Northern Shoshone are concentrated in eastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northeastern Utah. The Northern Shoshone lived in tipis, had horses, and hunted buffalo.
The Eastern Shoshone tribes lived in Wyoming, northern Colorado and Montana. After 1750, warfare and pressure from the Blackfoot, Crow, Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho pushed them south and westward. Some of them moved as far south as Texas, to become known as the Comanche.
The Western Shoshone tribes lived in Oregon and western Idaho, and ranged from central Idaho to northwestern Utah and central Nevada. Some Western Shoshone tribes are also located in California. The Idaho groups of Western Shoshone were called Tukuaduka (sheep eaters), while the Nevada/Utah bands were called the Gosiute or Toi Ticutta (cattail eaters). In California the Timbisha Shoshone (also known as the Death Valley or Panamint Shoshone) have lived for centuries in the Death Valley, Saline Valley, Panamint Valley and surrounding mountains. Shoshone-Paiute have continued to live in the Owens Valley in California. 
Shoshone Tribes Indexes
Eastern Shoshone
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah

 
Shoshone Battles:

Bear River Massacre

Famous Shoshone
Shoshone Chiefs / Leaders:

Shoshone Chief Washakie (Whoshakik): A Biographical Sketch

 
Famous Shoshone Women:

Sacajawea, Shoshone (Adopted Hidatsa) (1784-1812?)

Sacagawea’s son: Through the mist of two centuries, a portrait emerges