Who were the Shoshone?

Chief Washakie

   North American Indian tribe speaking a language belonging to the Shoshonean branch of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family.

   The tribe formerly lived in the mountainous lands of western Wyoming and Montana, central and Southern Idaho, and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Oregon.

   In common with their neighbors, the Bannock and the Piute, the Shoshone are often popularly designated the Snake Indians.