Shoshone

Shoshone
Newe
Total population
	12,300 (2000)
Regions with significant populations
	United States; (Idaho, California,; Nevada, Oregon,; Utah, Wyoming)
Languages
	Shoshone, English
Religion
	Native American Church, Sun Dance,; traditional tribal religion, Christianity, Ghost Dance
Related ethnic groups
	Timbisha and Comanche

The Shoshone or Shoshoni (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊniː/ ^ⓘ or /ʃəˈʃoʊniː/ ^ⓘ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:

They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by neighboring tribes and early American explorers.^[2]

Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their traditional areas of settlement, often co-located with the Northern Paiute people of the Great Basin.

^ "Shoshoni." Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 Oct 2013.
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[ethno-1] "Shoshoni." Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 Oct 2013.

[plains-2] Cite error: The named reference plains was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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