Some are fighting for survival and may soon disappear. In hundreds of cultures around the world, people struggle to survive and build happy lives. Each individual has a contribution to make to our beautiful, diverse human family. They are two American Indian groups that have lived together for 300 years. Culturally, they're almost identical, but their languages are different.
Many elders still speak both languages.
So do some children whose parents come from both tribes. The Shoshone originally lived in California's Death Valley, eastern Nevada, northern Utah, southern Idaho and western Wyoming, which is pretty much where they are today. The Bannock came from southeastern Oregon. When the buffalo disappeared there around 1700, the tribe migrated east into Idaho and settled on Shoshone land. The two groups had skills that helped each other.