Western Shoshone

E514874

Indigenous people of the Great Basin Native American people

The Western Shoshone are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of present-day Nevada, Idaho, and surrounding regions, known for their distinct culture, language, and history in the Great Basin.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Western Shoshone canonical	5
Timbisha Shoshone	1
Western Shoshone ancestral territory	1
Western Shoshone people	1
Western Shoshoni	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Great Basin ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalPractice	oral tradition ⓘ seasonal migration ⓘ
culturalRegion	Great Basin culture area NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governingBody	Western Shoshone National Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAutonym	Newe NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	post-contact United States expansion period ⓘ pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
issue	land rights disputes ⓘ mineral rights disputes ⓘ
language	Western Shoshone language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Central Numic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn	Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationRegion	California NERFINISHED ⓘ Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedTribe	Battle Mountain Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Elko Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Wells Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Eastern Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ Goshute NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ Paiute NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Native American religion ⓘ
subgroupOf	Shoshone NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	semi-nomadic foraging ⓘ
traditionalHousing	wikiup ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	California NERFINISHED ⓘ Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Ruby Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyPartner	United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyYear	1863 ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet (for modern Western Shoshone language materials) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Shoshone → subgroup → Western Shoshone ⓘ

Numic peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Western Shoshone ⓘ

Treaty of Ruby Valley → signedBy → Western Shoshone ⓘ

Treaty of Ruby Valley → ethnicGroupParty → Western Shoshone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Shoshone people

Treaty of Ruby Valley → appliesTo → Western Shoshone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Shoshone ancestral territory

Goshute → subgroupOf → Western Shoshone ⓘ

Owens Valley Paiute → neighboringGroup → Western Shoshone ⓘ

Timbiša → ethnicGroup → Western Shoshone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timbisha Shoshone

Gosiute → closelyRelatedTo → Western Shoshone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Shoshoni