Şoşoniler

Şoşoniler ya da Şoşonlar (İngilizce Shoshone ya da Shoshoni), Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin Idaho, Kaliforniya, Nevada, Oregon, Utah ve Wyoming eyaletlerinde yaşayan, Büyük Havza Kızılderilileri kültür grubundan Kızılderili halkı.

Nüfus 
Beyaz Avrupalılar tarafından getirilen bulaşıcı hastalıklar ve savaşlardan dolayı nüfusları oldukça azalmıştır ve 1845 yılındaki Kuzey ve Batı Şoşonilerinin nüfusu 4.500 kişidir.

1937 yılındaki Kızılderili İşleri Bürosu kayıtlarına göre 3.650 Kuzey Şoşonisi ve 1.201 Batı Şoşonisi vardır. 2000 sayımında ise toplam 12.000 Şoşoni kayıtlıdır.

Boyları 
Batı Şoşonileri, doğu Kaliforniya, Nevada, kuzey Utah, güneydoğu Idaho
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe ya da Tsaidüka, Railroad Valley, Nevada
Goshute, Nevada ve Utah
Te-Moak Tribe, made up of the Tonomudza band, Nevada
Yomba Western Shoshone Tribe,Nevada
Kuzey Şoşonileri, Idaho
Agaideka (Salmon Eaters), Snake River ve Lemhi, Idaho
Kammedeka (Jackrabbit Eaters), Snake River, Idaho to the Great Salt Lake, Utah
Lemhi Şoşonileri, Lemhi River Valley, Idaho
Pohogwe (People of the Sagebrush Butte) ya da Fort Hall Shoshone, Idaho
Tukudeka (Mountain Sheep Eaters), central Idaho, güney Montana, and Yellowstone, Wyoming
Yahandeka (Groundhog Eaters), Boise, Payette, and Weiser Rivers, Idaho
Doğu Şoşonileri, Wyoming
Kuccuntikka (Buffalo Eaters)
Tukkutikka ya da Tukudeka (Mountain Sheep Eaters), joined the Northern Shoshone

Kızılderili rezervasyonları  
Battle Mountain Reservation, Lander County, Nevada
Big Pine Reservation, central Owens Valley, Inyo County, California; Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone
Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, northern Owens Valley, Inyo County, California;  
Death Valley Indian Community, Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, California; Timbisha Shoshone
Duck Valley Indian Reservation, southern Idaho/northern Nevada, (Western) Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
Duckwater Indian Reservation, located in Duckwater, Nevada, approximately  from Ely.
Elko Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation in Ely, Nevada, 111 acres (0.45 km²), 500 members
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation near Fallon, Nevada, 8,200 acres (33 km²), 991 members, Western Shoshone and Paiute
Fort Hall Indian Reservation, 544,000 acres (2,201 km²) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone with the Bannock Indians, a Paiute band with which they have merged
Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
Goshute Indian Reservation, 111,000 acres (449 km²) in Nevada and Utah, Western Shoshone
Lemhi Indian Reservation (1875–1907) in Idaho, Lemhi Shoshone, removed to Fort Hall Reservation
Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation, lower Owens Valley, Inyo County, California; Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone
 Northwestern Shoshoni Indian Reservation, Utah, Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie)
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada, 1988 acres (8 km²), total 481 members of Shoshone, Paiute, and Washoe bands
Skull Valley Indian Reservation, 18,000 acres (73 km²) in Utah, Western Shoshone
South Fork Odgers Ranch Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
Wells Indian Colony, Elko County, Nevada
Wind River Reservation, population 2,650 Eastern Shoshone, 2,268,008 acres (9,178 km²) of reservation in Wyoming are shared with the Northern Arapaho

Ayrıca bakınız 
Bear Nehri Katliamı

Kaynakça   

 
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