Shoshone people

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The Shoshone people are a Native American group of the Great Basin and surrounding regions, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with distinct Northern, Western, and Eastern bands and a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shoshone people canonical 8
Timbisha Shoshone people 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States
Native American people
acquiredHorses 18th century
continent North America
culturalArea Great Basin culture area NERFINISHED
Plains culture area (Eastern Shoshone)
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation NERFINISHED
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe NERFINISHED
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation NERFINISHED
Ely Shoshone Tribe NERFINISHED
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation NERFINISHED
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada NERFINISHED
Yomba Shoshone Tribe NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Eastern Shoshone NERFINISHED
Northern Shoshone NERFINISHED
Western Shoshone NERFINISHED
historicalEvent Lewis and Clark Expedition NERFINISHED
language Shoshone language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
modernEconomicActivity agriculture
gaming enterprises
ranching
tourism
notableLeader Bear Hunter NERFINISHED
Chief Washakie NERFINISHED
Pocatello NERFINISHED
notableMember Sacagawea NERFINISHED
populationTrend decline after European contact due to disease and conflict
primaryRegion Great Basin NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Bannock people NERFINISHED
Comanche people NERFINISHED
Goshute people NERFINISHED
Paiute people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Native American Church NERFINISHED
traditional Shoshone religion
roleInEvent guided Lewis and Clark Expedition through Sacagawea
sovereignStatus tribal sovereignty recognized by United States government
traditionalClothingMaterial animal hides
buckskin
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
hide tanning
horse gear making
traditionalDwelling tipi
wickiup
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalRegion California NERFINISHED
Idaho NERFINISHED
Nevada NERFINISHED
Oregon NERFINISHED
Utah NERFINISHED
Wyoming NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
deer hunting
fishing
hunter-gatherer
root gathering
seed gathering
small game hunting
traditionalTransport horse
treaty Treaty of Fort Bridger (1863) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Fort Bridger (1868) NERFINISHED

Referenced by (9)

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

Salt Lake Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Shoshone people
Shoshone Falls namedAfter Shoshone people
Central Numic spokenBy Shoshone people
Central Numic spokenBy Shoshone people
this entity surface form: Timbisha Shoshone people
Shoshoni language ethnicGroup Shoshone people
Shoshone River namedAfter Shoshone people
Lemhi Shoshone subgroupOf Shoshone people
Toussaint Charbonneau associatedWith Shoshone people