Shoshones call themselves Newe, meaning 'People'. Some neighboring tribes call the Shoshone 'Grass House People,' based on their traditional homes made from sosoni. The name 'Shoshone' comes from Sosoni, a Shoshone word for high-growing grasses. Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their traditional areas of settlement, often co-located with the Northern Paiute people of the Great Basin. The Shoshone were sometimes called the Snake Indians by neighboring tribes and early American explorers. They traditionally speak the Shoshoni language, part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family.
Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah.The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( / ʃ oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n iː/ ⓘ or / ʃ ə ˈ ʃ oʊ n iː/ ⓘ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: Traditional tribal religion, Christianity, Ghost Dance
