Shoshone
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The Shoshone Tribe name means “Grass House People.” The Shoshone lived in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and California. Unfortunately, the Shoshone do not exist today outside of reservations. As of the 2000 census, there were 12,000 Shoshone. Only 1,000 people still speak Shoshone today.
Their god was Esa. He was their creator god. He was in the form of a wolf. The Shoshone Tribe worshiped Esa by having different dances and ceremonies. The Sun Dance, probably acquired from the Plains tribes, was a day-and-night event of the summer that was only for men, with dancing and thirsting to exhaustion.
Their houses were tall and cone-shaped. They were made out of buffalo and were called tipis/teepees. The Shoshone were hunters so they had to quickly break down and set up their teepees in different places. They hunted buffalo, deer, mountain sheep, and fished for salmon.
The European/American settlers and the Shoshone were not fans of each other. There were a lot of tension between them. The Euro-Americans raided Shoshone lands. Chief Pocatello lead the resistance against the Euro-Americans. Soon the Shoshone joined the Bannock and the Paiute in guerilla raids against the US army.
The kind of arts and crafts they did were beadwork, baskets, and painting arts. The use of artwork was a way to show the Shoshone's feelings.
Their god was Esa. He was their creator god. He was in the form of a wolf. The Shoshone Tribe worshiped Esa by having different dances and ceremonies. The Sun Dance, probably acquired from the Plains tribes, was a day-and-night event of the summer that was only for men, with dancing and thirsting to exhaustion.
Their houses were tall and cone-shaped. They were made out of buffalo and were called tipis/teepees. The Shoshone were hunters so they had to quickly break down and set up their teepees in different places. They hunted buffalo, deer, mountain sheep, and fished for salmon.
The European/American settlers and the Shoshone were not fans of each other. There were a lot of tension between them. The Euro-Americans raided Shoshone lands. Chief Pocatello lead the resistance against the Euro-Americans. Soon the Shoshone joined the Bannock and the Paiute in guerilla raids against the US army.
The kind of arts and crafts they did were beadwork, baskets, and painting arts. The use of artwork was a way to show the Shoshone's feelings.