SHOSHONE Definition & Meaning

Shoshone

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[shoh-shoh-nee]

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noun

plural

Shoshones ,

plural

Shoshone .

a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
a member of any of several Numic-speaking peoples of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
the language or languages of the Shoshone.

Shoshone

/ ʃəʊˈʃəʊ��ɪ /

noun

a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Shoshone¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805; < an Eastern Shoshone band name

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Another focus is the history of Indigenous people, the Paiute and Shoshone, who decades before L.A.’s water grab saw their ancestral lands taken and occupied by white settlers.

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“The goal is to commemorate what happened there to protect the memory of that place,” said Warren Graham, the Duckwater Shoshone chairman.

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Thursday, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media.

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The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said a search and rescue effort was underway with help from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S.

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Western Shoshone Defense Project Director Fermina Stevens said the changes were “more ‘lip service’ for the government to deal with the ‘Indian problem’ in this new day and age of mineral extraction.”

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Shosholoza Shoshonean

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