THESE FOLKS ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IN THE U.S. WITH THREE DIVISIONS. THEY SPOKE SHOSHONI A PART OF THE UTO AZTECAN FAMILY. THEY WERE ALSO SNAKE INDIANS AND WERE IN EASTERN IDAHO, WESTERN WYOMING, AND NORTHEAST UTAH.
THE EASTERN SHOSHONI LIVED IN WYOMING , COLORADO AND MONTANA. THEY WERE PRESSURED FROM OTHER NATIVE AMERICANS TO MOVE AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS TO BECOME COMMANCHE.
THE OTHER GROUPS WERE SHEEP HERDERS AND SOME ATE CATTAILS. THEY HAVE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED RESERVATION AT FURNACE CREEK, CA. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN OWENS VALLEY -SHOSHONI PAIUTE.
THE SHOSHONI AROSE OUT OF VARIOUS CULTURES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO HAD LIVED HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS. CHIEF POCATELLA FOUGHT DURING THE 1860'S WITH SETTLERS IN IDAHO. MORE SETTLERS CAME TO THE BEAR RIVER MASACRE WHEN U.S. FORCES TRAPPED AND KILLED 500 SHOSHONI. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATH S SUFFERED BY THE SHOSHONI. IN 2008 THE NORTHWEST SHOSHONI ACQUIRED THE SITE OF THIS MASSACRE AND MADE IT AS A MEMORIAL TO RENEW THEIR TRIBE. BY 200 THERE WERE 12,000 SHOSHONI.
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