Northern Shoshone
Northern Shoshone are Shoshone of the Snake River Plain of southern Idaho and the northeast of the Great Basin where Idaho, Wyoming and Utah meet. They are culturally affiliated with the Bannock people and are in the Indigenous [people of the Great Basin|Great Basin classification of Indigenous People].
Language
Northern Shoshone is a dialect of the Shoshone language, a Central Numic language in the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is primarily spoken on the Fort Hall and Wind River reservations in Idaho and Wyoming, respectively.Bands
Bands of Shoshone people were named for their geographic homelands and for their primary foodsources.Mountain Shoshone bands:
Northwestern Shoshone bands:
Fort Hall Shoshone Bands:
Western Bands of Northern Shoshone:
Tribes and reservations
The Northern Shoshone have people who are members of three federally recognized tribes in Idaho and Utah:- Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Idaho, for the Western Shoshone-Northern Paiute Tribe
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the [Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho], 544,000 acres in Idaho. Lemhi Shoshone with the Bannock Indians, a Paiute band with which they have merged.
- Lemhi Indian Reservation in Idaho. This reservation was closed and the people relocated to Fort Hall Reservation, where they are counted with the Shoshone-Bannock peoples.
- Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation