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Shoshone - Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 19th cent. the Shoshone occupied SE California, NW Utah, SW Montana, W Wyoming, S Idaho, and NE Nevada. The Shoshone were traditionally divided into four groups: the Comanche of W Texas, a historically


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    Notes on Shoshonean Dialects of Southern California (1909) » Read Now

    by A. L. Kroeber. 36 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...supplementary to a paper on "The Shoshonean Dialects of California...Ethnography of the Cahuilla Indians." The data on the dialect...u, long close; o , u , Shoshonean o , u...
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    The Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre » Read Now

    by Brigham D. Madsen. 285 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...idea of paying the Indians for the lands, for if the Shoshones should be thus considered...had been taken by the Shoshones or Snake Indians...arising from a gross...having...
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    Basin-Plateau Aboriginal Sociopolitical Groups ("Western Independent Shoshoni Villages" begins on p. 68, and "Northern Shoshoni Bands" begins on p. 186) » Read Now

    by Julian H. Steward. 346 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...removal of many Indians to reservations...made into the Shoshonean area by early...p. 61 . "The Indians of Utah are the...belong to the Shoshonees, properly...
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    Shoshone Tales » Read Now

    by Anne M. Smith. 188 pgs.

    Set primarily in the legendary past when animals had the power of speech and established human custom through their adventures (and misadventures), these informative and entertaining myths add immeasurably to the unique record of Western Shoshone oral tradition.
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    Washakie: Chief of the Shoshones » Read Now

    by Grace Raymond Hebard. 334 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Washakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. A strong leader of his own people, he saw the wisdom of befriending the whites. Grace Raymond Hebard offers an engaging view of Washakie's long life and the early history of...
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    Trickster in the Land of Dreams ("Shoshone Myths and Their Retelling" begins on p. 155) » Read Now

    by Zeese Papanikolas. 190 pgs.

    ...is now called Shoshonean. They were Indians, of course, but...trouble at the Shoshone reservation at...Deep Creek and Indians in Box Elder County...meeting of prominent...
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    Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways, and People (Discussion of Shoshone Indians begins on p. 52) » Read Now

    by Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wyoming. 498 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...State 130, State 230 ; Saratoga Hot Springs State Park State 130 ; Shoshone Indian Reservation State 287, US 287 ; Shoshone National Forest US 20, US 14 ; Shoshone Cavern...
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    Utah's History ("The Shoshoni People" begins on p. 26) » Read Now

    by Richard D. Poll, Thomas G. Alexander, Eugene E. Campbell, David E. Miller. 764 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This collection provides a variety of perspectives, constituting an integrated account of the events and influences that have shaped today's Utah. Included are 36 chapters written by the state's foremost historians, 23 color maps, 48 historical photographs, and several bibliographies.
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    The Making of Sacagawea: A Euro-American Legend » Read Now

    by Donna J. Kessler. 272 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Sacagawea is one of the most renowned figures of the American West. A member of the Shoshone tribe, she was captured by the Hidatsas as a child and eventually became one of the wives of a French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In 1805 Charbonneau joined Lewis and Clark as the expedition's...
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    In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho ("The Real Sacagawea" begins on p. 23) » Read Now

    by Carlos A. Schwantes. 292 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    In this history, Carlos A. Schwantes illustrates the extent to which Idahoans have always been divided by geography, transportation, patterns, religion, and history.
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    The Native American Sun Dance Religion and Ceremony: An Annotated Bibliography ("Shoshone" begins on p. 75) » Read Now

    by Phillip M. White. 148 pgs.

    The best known and most dramatic of North American Indian ceremonies, the Sun Dance ceremony and religion is an important part of both Native American and American history. Performed by the Plains Indians, including the Sioux, Dakota, Cheyenne, and others, the dance involves fixed gazing at the sun...
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    Essie's Story: The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher » Read Now

    by Esther Burnett Horne, Sally Mcbeth. 215 pgs.

    This is the spirited story of the author, an accomplished & inspiring educator in Indian boarding schools. Born in 1909, she grew up attending Haskell Indian Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, & often visited relatives on the Shoshone Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Motivated by teachers like Ella...

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