The Shoshone are a Native American tribe that originated in the western Great Basin and spread north and east into present-day Idaho and Wyoming. By 1500, some Eastern Shoshone had crossed the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains.

2024年12月23日 · Shoshone, North American Indian group that occupied the territory from what is now southeastern California across central and eastern Nevada and northwestern Utah into southern Idaho and western Wyoming.

The Shoshone tribe, often referred to as the Shoshoni or Snake Indians, consist of several distinct groups, of which there are different bands.

2023年6月13日 · The Shoshone Tribe, also known as the Shoshoni or Snake Indians, is a Native American tribe that historically occupied parts of the Great Basin, including present-day Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and California.

2023年8月22日 · Their wide dispersion over the West has made them a significant Native American tribe, which anthropologists categorize into three groups: the Western Shoshone in Nevada, the Northern Shoshone in northern Utah and Idaho, and the Eastern Shoshone in western Wyoming.

The Shoshone Indians were a small Native American tribe, of about 8,000 members, that occupied land both east and west of the Rocky Mountains and can be classified as Great Basin American Indians.

Before white penetration, the Great Basin and Snake River Shoshoni had been among the most ecologically efficient and well-adapted Indians of the American West. The tragic transformation for the Northwestern Shoshoni to a life of privation and want came with the occupation by Mormon farmers of their traditional homeland.

2018年6月11日 · Shoshone (Shoshoni) Native North Americans of the Uto-Aztecan language group. They occupy reservations in California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. They comprise the Comanche, the Northern, the Western, and the Wind River Shoshone. Today, there are c.9500 Shoshone.

The Shoshone Indians were sometimes referred to as the “Snake Indians.” The actual meaning of Shoshone was “The Valley People.” The Shoshone Indians were not a large group with only about 8,000 members.

The Shoshone people are a Native American tribe whose ancestors originated in the western Great Basin and spread north and east into present-day Idaho and Wyoming. By 1500, some Eastern Shoshone had crossed The Rocky Mountains into the plains.