Shoshone

The Shoshone or Shoshoni 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.

Bands

Shoshone people are divided into traditional bands based both on their homelands and primary food sources. These include:

• Eastern Shoshone people:
  • Guchundeka', Kuccuntikka, Buffalo Eaters[2][11]
  • Tukkutikka, Tukudeka, Mountain Sheep Eaters, joined the Northern Shoshone[11]
  • Boho'inee', Pohoini, Pohogwe, Sage Grass people, Sagebrush Butte People[2][11][12]
• Northern Shoshone people:
  • Agaideka, Salmon Eaters, Lemhi, Snake River and Lemhi River Valley[12][13]
  • Kammedeka, Kammitikka, Jack Rabbit Eaters, Snake River, Great Salt Lake[12]
  • Hukundüka, Porcupine Grass Seed Eaters, Wild Wheat Eaters, possibly synonymous with Kammitikka[12][14]
  • Tukudeka, Dukundeka', Sheep Eaters (Mountain Sheep Eaters), Sawtooth Range, Idaho, synonymous with Doyahinee'[2] (Mountain Dwellers).[12][13]
  • Yahandeka, Yakandika, Groundhog Eaters, lower Boise, Payette, and Wiser Rivers[12][13]
• Western Shoshone people:
• Kusiutta, Goshute (Gosiute), Great Salt Desert and Great Salt Lake, Utah[14]
  • Cedar Valley Goshute
  • Deep Creek Goshute
  • Rush Valley Goshute
  • Skull Valley Goshute, Wipayutta, Weber Ute[14]
  • Tooele Valley Goshute
  • Trout Creek Goshute[14]
• Kuyatikka, Kuyudikka, Bitterroot Eaters, Halleck, Mary's River, Clover Valley, Smith Creek Valley, Nevada[14]
• Mahaguadüka, Mentzelia Seed Eaters, Ruby Valley, Nevada[14]
• Painkwitikka, Penkwitikka, Fish Eaters, Cache Valley, Idaho and Utah[14]
• Pasiatikka, Redtop Grass Eaters, Deep Creek Gosiute, Deep Creek Valley, Antelope Valley[14]
• Tipatikka, Pinenut Eaters, northernmost band[14]
• Tsaiduka, Tule Eaters, Railroad Valley, Nevada[14]
• Tsogwiyuyugi, Elko, Nevada[14]
• Waitikka, Ricegrass Eaters, Ione Valley, Nevada[14]
• Watatikka, Ryegrass Seed Eaters, Ruby Valley, Nevada[14]
• Wiyimpihtikka, Buffalo Berry Eaters[14]

Notable people

• Sacagawea (1788–1812), Lemhi Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805–1866) son of Sacagawea, explorer, guide, military scout
• Cameahwait, chief in the early 19th century
• Bear Hunter (d. 1863), war chief
• Old Toby
• Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1970), historian and professor at Yale
• Mary Dann and Carrie Dann
• Randy'L He-dow Teton
• Chief Washakie
• Chief Pocatello
• Lolly Vegas, lead singer of Redbone (band)
• Taboo (rapper), member of the Black Eyed Peas (Shoshone grandmother)

Please use Geni naming conventions - native Americans for profiles.

References

1. Wikipedia contributors, "Shoshone," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < link > (accessed February 11, 2024).
2. “The Shoshone People”
3. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
4. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
5. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
6. Ely Shoshone Tribe
7. NW Band of Shoshone
8. Eastern Shoshone Tribe
9. Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone