Shoshone

E102744

The Shoshone are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting regions of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical role in the American West.

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Label Occurrences
Shoshone canonical 14

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Basin tribe
Indigenous people of the United States
Native American people
Numic-speaking people
Shoshone person
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Sun Dance
powwow
currentPopulationRegion Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Utah
Wyoming
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicity Shoshone self-linksurface differs
federallyRecognizedTribe Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Eastern Shoshone
surface form: Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
surface form: Ely Shoshone Tribe

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
surface form: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
surface form: Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
surface form: Yomba Shoshone Tribe
historicalEvent loss of lands through 19th-century U.S. expansion
historicalRole guides for Euro-American explorers
participants in the fur trade era of the American West
involvedIn Lewis and Clark Expedition
language Shoshoni language
surface form: Shoshone language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
notablePerson Sacagawea
relatedEthnicGroup Comanche
Paiute
Ute people
religion Native American Church
traditional Shoshone spirituality
subgroup Eastern Shoshone
Goshute
Northern Shoshone
Western Shoshone
traditionalEconomy horse culture (for some bands after European contact)
traditionalHousing tipi
wickiup
traditionalRegion Great Basin
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Wyoming
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
treaty Treaty of Fort Bridger (1863)
Fort Bridger Treaty (1868)
surface form: Treaty of Fort Bridger (1868)

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Input
Subject: Shoshone
Description of subject: The Shoshone are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting regions of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical role in the American West.

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Native Americans hasSubgroup Shoshone
Taboo hasHeritage Shoshone
Paiute relatedEthnicGroup Shoshone
Sacagawea ethnicity Shoshone
Sacagawea languageSpoken Shoshone
Shoshoni hasAlternativeName Shoshone
Shoshone ethnicity Shoshone self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Sacagawea
Numic peoples hasEthnicGroup Shoshone
Goshute relatedEthnicGroup Shoshone