shoshone in English

noun
1
a member of an American Indian people living chiefly in Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada.
The next day Lewis walked ahead with three men to find the Shoshones and horses for portage.
2
the Uto-Aztecan language of the Shoshone.
Hovia means ‘music’ in Shoshone , and is pronounced ‘hoo-vee-ya’.
adjective
1
relating to the Shoshone or their language.
I thank God that my grandfather left behind such a testimony for his Shoshone people.

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1. 1780 – A band of Blackfeet raided a Shoshone camp not knowing the Shoshone had small pox

2. Today they are called the Shoshone-Bannock.

3. 1 There he met the famous Shoshone chieftain Washakie.

4. Bear River Massacre 29 January – Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops.

5. The name “Chuckwalla” came from the Shoshone term “caxwal” or “tcaxxwal”

6. The barite deposits in the Shoshone Range contain rhythmic layering of several types.

7. Shoshone Falls plunges down rugged cliffs from a height greater than Niagara Falls.

8. Blueheads are also found at Snake River above Shoshone Falls and Bear/Weber River drainages

9. Bitterroot was a staple food for the Shoshone-Bannock, who harvested it every spring

10. Here we have a beautiful speakling specimen of Argentiferous (Silver bearing) Galena from Coeur dAlene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho

11. The Northern Arapaho Tribe holds joint sovereignty with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe over the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.

12. After the war, the Bannock moved onto the Fort Hall Indian Reservation with the Northern Shoshone and gradually their tribes merged

13. INTRODUCTION Originally, the Comanches were part of the Shoshone tribe, who lived in the mountains of what is now northern Wyoming and Montana

14. 7 The current dollar coin, which made its debut in 19 features Sacagawea, the young Shoshone interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition.

15. 8 By the time white explorers first entered the region during the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 180 they encountered the Nez Perce, Crow and Shoshone tribes.

16. The 'Sheepeaters' were members of the Bannock and Shoshone tribes who migrated north to the Salmon River Mountains in Idaho and hunted mountain sheep as their main food

17. Bannock, North American Indian tribe that lived in what is now southern Idaho, especially along the Snake River and its tributaries, and joined with the Shoshone tribe in the second half of the 19th century.

18. ‘They present perhaps the most Archaeologically precise re-creation of classical antiquity ever attempted in painting.’ ‘Council members argued that the site chosen was an old Shoshone village and that the agency failed to adequately study the project's impact on an Archaeologically significant zone.’

19. The Chuckwalla is a large, desert-dwelling lizard in the iguana family, Iguanidae.All of the Chuckwalla species are in the genus Sauromalus, which roughly translates from Greek to mean "flat lizard."The common name "Chuckwalla" comes from the Shoshone word tcaxxwal or Cahuilla word čaxwal, which Spanish explorers transcribed as chacahuala.

20. In preparation for our most recent temple dedication, in Twin Falls, Idaho, local Church members constructed a huge stage at the Filer, Idaho, fairgrounds and filled the dirt arena with sod and other decorations, including a large waterfall to represent Shoshone Falls, a popular landmark located two miles (3 km) from the new temple.