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Newe | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 12,300 (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming) | |
| Languages | |
| Shoshone,[1] English | |
| Religion | |
| Native American Church, Sun Dance, traditional tribal religion,[2] Christianity, Ghost Dance | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Timbisha and Comanche |
The Shoshone or Shoshoni (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/ shoh-SHOH-nee or /ʃəˈʃoʊni/ shə-SHOH-nee) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
- Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
- Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
- Western Shoshone: Nevada, 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.[2]
Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their traditional areas of settlement, often co-located with the Northern Paiute people of the Great Basin.
- ^ "Shoshoni." Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 Oct 2013.
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