Shoshone
Newe | |
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Total population | |
12,300 (2000) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States (Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming) | |
Languages | |
Shoshone,[1] English | |
Religion | |
Native American Church, Sun Dance, traditional tribal religion,[2] 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:
- Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
- Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
- Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
- Goshute: western Utah, eastern Nevada
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
Etymology
The name "Shoshone" comes from Sosoni, a Shoshone word for high-growing grasses. Some neighboring tribes call the Shoshone "Grass House People," based on their traditional homes made from sosoni. Shoshones call themselves Newe, meaning "People".[2]
Meriwether Lewis recorded the tribe as the "Sosonees or snake Indians" in 1805.[2]
Language
The
The largest numbers of Shoshoni speakers live on the federally recognized
History
The Shoshone are a
As more
The warfare resulted in the
During the
Allied with the Bannock, to whom they were related, the Shoshone fought against the United States in the Snake War from 1864 to 1868. They fought U.S. forces together in 1878 in the Bannock War. In 1876, by contrast, the Shoshone fought alongside the U.S. Army in the Battle of the Rosebud against their traditional enemies, the Lakota and Cheyenne.
In 1879 a band of approximately 300
In 1911 a small group of Bannock under a leader named
A rancher donated the partial remains of three adult males, two adult females, two adolescent males, and three children (believed to be Mike Daggett and his family, according to contemporary accounts) to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for study. In 1994, the institution repatriated the remains to the Fort Hall Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe.[9]
In 2008 the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation acquired the site of the Bear River Massacre and some surrounding land. They wanted to protect the holy land and to build a memorial to the massacre, the largest their nation had suffered. "In partnership with the American West Heritage Center and state leaders in Idaho and Utah, the tribe has developed public/private partnerships to advance tribal cultural preservation and economic development goals." They have become leaders in developing tribal renewable energy.[10]
Historical population
In 1845, the estimated population of Northern and Western Shoshone was 4,500, much reduced after they had suffered
In 1937, the Bureau of Indian Affairs counted 3,650 Northern Shoshone and 1,201 Western Shoshone. As of the 2000 U.S. census, some 12,000 persons identified as Shoshone.
Bands
Shoshone people are divided into traditional bands based both on their homelands and primary food sources. These include:
- Eastern Shoshone people:
- Northern Shoshone people:
- Agaideka, Salmon Eaters, Lemhi, Snake River and Lemhi River Valley[12][13]
- Kammedeka, Kammitikka, Jack Rabbit Eaters, Snake River, Great Salt Lake[12]
- Hukundüka, Porcupine Grass Seed Eaters, Wild Wheat Eaters, possibly synonymous with Kammitikka[12][14]
- Tukudeka, Dukundeka', Sheep Eaters (Mountain Sheep Eaters), Sawtooth Range, Idaho, synonymous with Doyahinee'[2] (Mountain Dwellers).[12][13]
- Yahandeka, Yakandika, Groundhog Eaters, lower Boise, Payette, and Wiser Rivers[12][13]
- Western Shoshone people:
- Kusiutta, Goshute (Gosiute), Great Salt Desert and Great Salt Lake, Utah[14]
- Kuyatikka, Kuyudikka, Bitterroot Eaters, Halleck, Mary's River, Clover Valley, Smith Creek Valley, Nevada[14]
- Mahaguadüka, Mentzelia Seed Eaters, Ruby Valley, Nevada[14]
- Painkwitikka, Penkwitikka, Fish Eaters, Cache Valley, Idaho and Utah[14]
- Pasiatikka, Redtop Grass Eaters, Deep Creek Gosiute, Deep Creek Valley, Antelope Valley[14]
- Tipatikka, Pinenut Eaters, northernmost band[14]
- Tsaiduka, Tule Eaters, Railroad Valley, Nevada[14]
- Tsogwiyuyugi, Elko, Nevada[14]
- Waitikka, Ricegrass Eaters, Ione Valley, Nevada[14]
- Watatikka, Ryegrass Seed Eaters, Ruby Valley, Nevada[14]
- Wiyimpihtikka, Buffalo Berry Eaters[14]
Reservations and Indian colonies
- Battle Mountain Reservation, Lander County, Nevada. Current reservation population is 165 and total tribal enrollment is 516.
- Duck Valley Indian Reservation, southern Idaho/northern Nevada, (Western) Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
- Duckwater Indian Reservation, located in Duckwater, Nevada, approximately 75 miles (121 km) from Ely.
- Elko Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
- Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation in Ely, Nevada, 111 acres (0.45 km2), 500 members
- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation near Fallon, Nevada, 8,200 acres (33 km2), 991 members, Western Shoshone and Paiute
- Paiuteband with which they have merged
- Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
- Goshute Indian Reservation, 111,000 acres (449 km2) in Nevada and Utah, Western Shoshone
- Lemhi Indian Reservation(1875–1907) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone, removed to Fort Hall Reservation
- Northwestern Shoshone Indian Reservation, Utah, Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation of Utah (Washakie)[15]
- Washoebands
- Skull Valley Indian Reservation, 18,000 acres (73 km2) in Utah, Western Shoshone
- South Fork Odgers Ranch Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
- Wells Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
- Wind River Reservation, population 2,650 Eastern Shoshone, 2,268,008 acres (9,178 km2) of reservation in Wyoming are shared with the Northern Arapaho
Notable people
- Sacagawea (1788–1812), Lemhi Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805–1866) son of Sacagawea, explorer, guide, military scout
- Cameahwait, chief in the early 19th century
- Bear Hunter (d. 1863), war chief
- Old Toby
- Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1970), historian and professor at Yale
- Mary Dann and Carrie Dann
- Randy'L He-dow Teton
- Chief Washakie
- Chief Pocatello
- Lolly Vegas, lead singer of Redbone (band)
- Taboo (rapper), member of the Black Eyed Peas (Shoshone grandmother)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Shoshoni." Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 Oct 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Loether, Christopher. "Shoshones." Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Retrieved 20 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Shoshones, Moragootch, X-32267". digital.denverlibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ "Rabbit-Tail, Shoshone". National Archives Catalog. 2023-10-25.
- ^ Brigham D. Madsen. The Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre (1985, University of Utah Press, page 192)
- ^ Hogland, Alison K. Army Architecture in the West: Forts Laramie, Bridger, and D. A. Russell, 1849–1912. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 18.
- ^ America's Last Indian Battle Archived August 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Policeman Edward Hogle". The Officer Down Memorial Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Repatriation Office Case Report Summaries, Great Basin Region" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. 2020.
- ^ "Tribe remembers nation's largest massacre", Indian Country Times, 10 Mar 2008, accessed 6 Mar 2010
- ^ a b c Shimkin 335
- ^ a b c d e f Murphy and Murphy 306
- ^ a b c Murphy and Murphy 287
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thomas, Pendleton, and Cappannari 280–283
- ^ "Northwestern Band of Shoshone Tribal Profile." Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Utah Division of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 23 Dec 2012.
References
- Murphy, Robert A., and Yolanda Murphy. "Northern Shoshone and Bannock." Warren L. d'Azevedo, volume editor. ISBN 978-0-16-004581-3.
- Shimkin, Demitri B. "Eastern Shoshone." Warren L. d'Azevedo, volume editor. ISBN 978-0-16-004581-3.
- Thomas, David H., Lorann S.A. Pendleton, and Stephen C. Cappannari. "Western Shoshone." Warren L. d'Azevedo, volume editor. ISBN 978-0-16-004581-3.
Further reading
- Gould, Drusilla; Loether, Christopher (2002). An introduction to the Shoshoni language: dammen da̲igwape. University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874807295.
- Bial Raymond (2002). The Shoshone. ISBN 9780761412113.