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Shoshone definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States [syn: Shoshone, Shoshoni]
2: the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto- Aztecan family)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun or Shoshoni (plural Shoshones or Shoshoni; also Shoshone or Shoshonis) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1805 1. a member of a group of American Indian peoples originally ranging through California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming 2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Shoshones II. geographical name river 120 miles (193 kilometers) NW Wyoming flowing NE into Bighorn River

Britannica Concise

Group of closely related N. Amer. Indian peoples that traditionally occupied the Great Basin region of the U.S. The Shoshone language belongs to the Numic group of the Uto-Aztecan family. The Shoshone are usually divided into four groups: Western (unmounted) Shoshone, centered in E Nevada; Northern (mounted) Shoshone of NW Utah and S Idaho; Wind River Shoshone in W Wyoming; and Comanche in W Texas. The Western Shoshone subsisted through hunting and gathering. The Northern Shoshone and Wind River Shoshone probably acquired horses by 1680, and adopted much of Plains Indian culture; they hunted buffalo, used tepees and skin clothing, and warred on other tribes. After splitting from the Wind River group, the Comanche moved south. Today the Shoshone number about 10,000; most live on reservations in territory they once held.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shoshones Sho*sho"nes, n. pl.; sing. Shoshone. (Ethnol.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes.