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Definition of Shoshoni
1. Noun. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Specialized synonyms: Comanche, Hopi, Paiute, Piute, Ute
Specialized synonyms: Sacagawea, Sacajawea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoshoni
Literary usage of Shoshoni
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by United States Office of Indian Affairs (1900)
"The census taken in July, 1900, shows the Indian population on this reservation
to be as follows: Shoshoni (males 432, females 409) 841 Arapaho (males 398, ..."
2. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"Little-head could not be shot. Once he got drunk, stuck the barrel of a six-shooter
into his mouth and killed himself. THE CROW AND'THE Shoshoni SHAMANS. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The height exceeds that of Niagara, and during the spring floods the volume does
not descend far short of that of the more celebrated fall. Shoshoni ..."
4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"=Shoshonean.— Powell iii 7th Rep. BAE, 108, 1891. Shoshoni. The most northerly
division of the Shoshonean family. They formerly occupied w. ..."