where did the shoshone come from
The Shoshone are a Native American tribe, who had been in the territory for thousands of years. Ancestral Shoshone people, called the Numa, lived primarily in Nevada and Utah, with some in Idaho and Wyoming.Shoshone people established seasonal villages as high as 10,000 feet in elevation in the Wind River Range, dating from 700 to 2000 BCE. These were used during pinon piÃ±on nut harvesting. seasonllied with the Bannock, to whom they were related, the Shoshone fought against the United States in the Snake War from 1864 to 1868. They fought US forces together in 1878 in the Bannock War.
The word Shoshone is thought to come from the Shoshone language word for high growing grass---- soshoni'.Neighboring tribes called them Grass House People, based on their traditional homes.he word Shoshone is thought to come from the Shoshone language word for high growing grass---- soshoni'.