Shoshoni

American  

[shoh-shoh-nee] / ʃoʊˈʃoʊ ni /

noun

plural

Shoshonis,

plural

Shoshoni

1. Shoshone.

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Example Sentences

Sacajawea, the celebrated Shoshoni who proved so valuable on the Lewis and Clark expedition, dies of a fever at the age of 25.

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After graduating from the University of Utah College of Law, he worked as a tribal lawyer for the Shoshoni.

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The Arapaho came, and the Shoshoni and the Cheyenne.

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Shoshoni, 979 under Fort Hall Agency and 249 at the Lemhi Agency.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley

From many examples may be selected the Omaha sign for think, guess, which is precisely the same as that of the Absaroka, Shoshoni and Banak for brave, see page 414.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick