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Shoshone comes from Sosoni, a Shoshone Amerindian word for high-growing grasses.
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Do you capitalize shoshone tribe?
Yes, Shoshone is the name of a tribe, so it should be capitalized.
What is the meaning of the name of the city Kuna in Idaho?
Kuna is a Shoshone word meaning "green leaf, good to smoke". However, according to the Kuna Chamber of Commerce it means "end of the trail".
What does the Indian name Shoshone mean?
Like most of the names of North American tribes we use today the term "Shoshone" is not the name used by the Shoshone people, who call themselves Newe (nuh-wuh), meaning "the people".Some scholars believe that they got their name from the Lakota Sioux who have a word shushunah ("people who live in grass houses"), but this may be incorrect since only certain parts of the Shoshone tribe used such dwellings. It may possibly come from the Cheyenne term Shǐshǐnoats-hitäneo, 'snake people', the Cheyenne name for the Comanche (who speak a language very close to that of the Shoshone).The real origin is lost.
What's a cool name for MySpace?
Shoshone
What does Sacagawea's name mean?
If her name was spelled "Sacajawea" the word might be Shoshoni, meaning "boat launcher." However, if it's spelled Sacagawea, the name would be Hidatsa and translate as "Bird Woman." The journal evidence from Lewis and Clark appears as to support a Hidatsa derivation.
What is the name of the Shoshone who joined Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
What is Sacagawea's bother's name?
Sacagawea's brother's name is Camehwait, the Shoshone chief
How did the shoshone get their name?
The Shoshone call themselves: Newe, meaning "People"Different bands had names based on their geographic homelands and for their primary foodsources. Such as: Agai-deka -salomon eaters, Doyahinee --mountian people, Kammitikka--- Jack rabbit eatersThe word Shoshone is thought to come from the Shoshone language word for "high growing grass"---- soshoni'Neighboring tribes called them "Grass House People," based on their traditional homes.
What is the origin of Idaho's name?
George M. Willing suggested the name Idaho, claiming it was a Shoshone language term meaning "the sun comes from the mountains". The name was adopted and later found out to be a word the Mr. Willing had made up.
What is the cultural history of the shoshone tribe?
Not all Shoshone people shared the same stories; among the Western Shoshone, the origin of "people" (meaning the Shoshone themselves) is told in the story of Coyote Learns to Fly. In this story, Coyote and Geese are alive before people are created. See link below for the complete story:
What is the name of the eastern Shoshone chief in 1839?
chief washakie
What was the name of mountain gap that the Shoshone tribe?
Lemhi pass
