SHOSHONE-BANNOCK
Who are the people being studied?
Shoshone
What did they call themselves? Newe, pronounced nuh-wuh.
Meaning: People
Shoshone or Shoshoni?
•Meaning: Unknown; does not correspond to any
known Indian word. Most likely a white man’s
word based on a mispronunciation.
•Pronounced : show-SHOW-nee
•Different bands prefer different spellings, but
either spelling acceptable.
Bannock
When did they live?
Where did they live?
Location during the time
of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition.
Where do they live now?
What did they leave behind to
tell us something about them?
Rock Paintings
Burden Basket
What did they leave behind to
tell us something about them?
What did they produce or create?
Food they gathered:
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What did they produce or create?
Food they gathered:
What did they produce or
create? (food-hunted)
Other food they hunted:
What did they produce or create?
(clothing)
What did they produce or create?
(shelter)
What means of transportation
did they use?
What did they do for recreation?
What did they do for recreation?
What family patterns did they develop?
How did they educate their young?
How did they govern and control
their society?
What customs and beliefs did
they hold?
Shoshone-Bannock Dancers
Religion
Beliefs
Pa waip: Water Ghost Woman
Creation Story
 http://www.lc-
triballegacy.org/video.php?query=age&vid=2
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Ed Edmo: Tribal Elder and Storyteller
What events, individuals, or ideas
are they especially known for, and
how did these affect their lives?
The most well-known Shoshone:
Sacajawea : Shoshoni for “Boat Launcher”
Sakakawea : Hidatsa for “Bird Woman”
Pronounced: Sacagawea
Captain Clark called her
“Janey”.
What problems did they have?
How did they deal with these
problems?
References-Websites
Ariwite Design. (2006-2009). The Shoshone-Bannock tribes.
Retrieved from http://www.shoshonebannocktribes.com
Edmo-Suppah, L. (Ed.). (2011). Sho-Ban news online.
Retrieved from http://www.shobannews.com/
LewisAndClarkTrail.com. (2011). Lewis and Clark among the tribes.
Retrieved from http://lewisandclarktrail.com/nations.htm
The West Film Project. (2001). New perspectives on the West: Sacagawea.
Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm
Idaho Public Television. (2011). The journey of Sacagawea.
Retrieved from http://idahoptv.org/lc/sacagawea/spell.cfm
Mappery.com. (n.d.) Tribes of the Indian Nation map.
Retrieved from http://mappery.com/Tribes-of-Indian-Nation-Map
Shoshoneindian.com. (2003). The Shoshone Indians: Sacajawea.
Retrieved from http://www.shoshoneindian.com/sacajawea_001.htm
Mollerup, J. (2010). Chief Washakie Foundation.
Retrieved from http://www.windriverhistory.org/
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. (2011). Table Rocks: How did the Takelma prepare camas?
Retrieved from http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/tablerock/table-rock-culture-camas.php
Native Languages of the Americas. (2011). Shoshone Indian fact sheet: Native American facts for kids: Shoshone tribe.
Retrieved from http://www.bigorrin.org/shoshone_kids.htm
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. (2011). This is still the place: Utah’s 1897 Pioneer Jubliee.
Retrieved from http://www.dupinternational.org/jubilee/ghostdance.htm
References-Websites continued…
Rea, T. (2010). Pictures on rock: Wyoming’s pictographs, petro glyphs, and what they say about the people who made them.
Retrieved from http://www.tomrea.net/Pictures%20on%20Rock.html
National Park Service: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: Tribal Legacy Project. (n.d.). Shoshone-Bannock Creation legend video.
Retrieved from http://www.lc-triballegacy.org/video.php?query=age&vid=216
Perry, M. State of Utah. (2011). Utah history to go: Chapter2: The Northwest Shoshone.
Retrieved from http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/ethnic_cultures/the_history_of_utahs_american_indians/chapter2.html
Photos not contained in the aforementioned citations were retrieved from
http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
References-Online Books, Newspapers, &
Publications
Keyser, J. D. & Klassen, M. (2001.) Plains Indian rock art. Retrieved from
http://books.google.com/book
Canfield, A. E. (2010). The “Civilizing Missions” revisited: The impacts of assimilation on Shoshone-Bannock women.
Idaho Yesterdays, Vol. 51, No. 1. Retrieved from
http://134.50.3.223/idahoyesterdays/index.php/IY/article/view/33/38
National Park Service. (1999). Craters of the Moon: Historic context statements. History e-library (Ch. 2). Retrieved from
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/crmo/hcs/chap2.htm
Evans, T. (2011). Upheaval in Indian Country: Hunger on the Fort Hall Reservation let to war. Idaho Mountain Express and
Guide: The Valley’s Newspaper. Retrieved from
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005135964
Englash, R. (2001). SimShoBan: Computational ethnography at the Shoshone-Bannock School. Retrieved from
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/complex.dir/comp_eth/complex.htm