THE SHOSHONE TRIBES

KATHERINE AMAYA AVILA

ERIKA SIERRA BENITEZ

THE SHOSHONE

TRIBES

They Were a nomadic people (Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada).

The shoshone, or Shoshone, which means ‘’snake’’.

SHOSHONE GOUVERNMEN

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The shoshone didn’t write laws.

Each shoshone band had its own chief.

ECONOMY

Subsistence and Commercial Activities:

• Hunters had a right to their kill, with a special sequence of sharing followed for bison.

Industrial Arts:Shoshone made a wide variety of leather goods.

Division of Labor:Bison-skin tipis were made by the women and decorated by their husbands. Leatherworking, Except for shields, bowstrings, drums, and rattles, was women's work.

SHOSHONE RELIGION

The Shoshone believed the spirit world was all around them.

The shoshone believed in a supernatural being called APPE.

LIFESTYLE

The shoshone were largely farmers and hunters.

The shoshone lived in extended family groups.

THE SHOSHONE HAD RITUAL

DANCES

CULTURAL TRADITIONS

Most of the SHOSHONE ceremonies were dances similar to the Great Basin Round Dances.

The Pine Nut Festival.

LANGUAGE

Name of uncertain origin, It could mean “in the valley”.  the majority and the European they were “the serpents” or the “town of the serpents”.

LOCATION

They lived between Montana and Idaho and they arrived at from California, center and this of nevada.

HOUSING

Each tribe needed a kind of housing that would fit their lifestyle and their climate.

WIGWAM HOMES: Used by Algonquian indians.

LONGHOUSES: They are built similary to wigwams.

They were used for sleeping space.

TEPEES: These were like modern tents.They were very used because tribe moved from place to place.

FOOD AND HUNTING

Before they had horses, the Shoshone ate roots, insects, salmon, seeds, nuts, small game birds, groundhog, jack rabbit, and other small animals.

WHAT WERE SHOSHONE MEN AND WOMAN’S

ROLES?

Shoshone women were in charge of the home.

Shoshone men were hunter.

SHOSHONE CHILDREN

They did the same things all children do, play with esch other.

They had less time to play.

MYTHS

Myths were very important to the Shoshone people. They created stories to explain the things they saw around them.

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