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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 eaters
The 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.
Halie Lockman
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∙ 8y agoI think by scientist, because they were to early for anybody to know how they got their name. So i guess.
NO!!!!!! They got their name from the word "swanna " which means "person of the south" from the family Aloungia
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What is the meaning of meaning of the name shoshone?
Shoshone comes from Sosoni, a Shoshone Amerindian word for high-growing grasses.
Do you capitalize shoshone tribe?
Yes, Shoshone is the name of a tribe, so it should be capitalized.
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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
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
What the shoshone guide?
That would be "Who was the Shoshone guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition?" and the answer is the young Shoshone girl with a Hidatsa name: Tsakakawia (Bird Woman). This name was incorrectly spelled Sacagawea by Lewis and Clark and later spelled even less accurately by a loony newspaper man as Sacajawea.
What Shoshone Indian guide?
That would be "Who was the Shoshone guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition?" and the answer is the young Shoshone girl with a Hidatsa name: Tsakakawia (Bird Woman). This name was incorrectly spelled Sacagawea by Lewis and Clark and later spelled even less accurately by a loony newspaper man as Sacajawea.
What was the name of the tribe who Sacagaweas brother was in?
shoshone Indians or the 'snake people'
Where is the Shoshone Public in Shoshone located?
The address of the Shoshone Public is: 211 S Rail St W, Shoshone, 83352 5393
What does the name Newe mean?
the Shoshone-Bannock called themselves the Newe. The name Newe means The People
