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Shoshone

[ shoh-shoh-nee ]

noun

, plural Sho·sho·nes, (especially collectively) Sho·sho·ne
  1. a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
  2. a member of any of several Numic-speaking peoples of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
  3. the language or languages of the Shoshone.


Shoshone

/ ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. -nes-ne-nis-ni a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shoshone1

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

Those treaties are “the supreme law of the land,” says Lytle Denny, a fish biologist for the Shoshone-Bannock tribe.

From Time

Settlers moving west and Mormon farmers invaded Shoshone land, and miners caused skirmishes as they passed through on their way West to find gold.

Chased by soldiers with her baby strapped to her back, Anzee Chee — a Shoshone woman — jumped into the river and hid under an overhang along the bank.

Another Shoshone Chief — Bear Hunter — faced torture after soldiers captured him.

Shoshone historians said Timbimboo later told of how the soldier raised his gun and lowered it twice, looking into his eyes.

On November 4, the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock tribes announced their opposition to Yellowstone delisting.

“So if Cliven Bundy wishes to pay taxes or grazing fees—he should pay it to the Shoshone,” she writes.

The desert on the opposite side of the Shoshone was level and unbroken.

After many days of wolfish travel he saw signs of the vicinage of the Shoshone Indians.

This chief said he had been a Cheyenne in his former life on earth, but had been sent back to be a Shoshone for another life.

He painted the women's cheeks with some vermilion paint, which was the Shoshone custom, meaning peace.

For, centuries ago a Shoshone and a Comanche stopped here on their return from a hunt to drink.

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