Shoshone, Native American tribe of the Uto-Aztecan language
family and of the Plains culture area. The tribe formerly lived in the mountainous lands of
western Wyoming and Montana, central and southern Idaho,
and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. In common with their
neighbors, the Bannock and the Paiute, the Shoshone are often
popularly designated the Snake tribe. Many of the Shoshone live
on reservations in Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada. In 1990, 9215
people claimed Shoshone ancestry