Example Sentences

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Once, he tells you, this was the land of the Shoshones.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2018

You have to ford numerous rivers, and the Shoshones, Pawnees and Sioux, were extremely adept at helping the pioneers make these fords.

From National Geographic • Jul. 12, 2015

With unemployment on the reservation at 70 percent, the leases represent needed income for some of the 3,500 Eastern Shoshones and 9,600 Northern Arapahoes, he said.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2011

Aleek-chea-ahoosh's training as a warrior began when he was a few years old, for the Crows were surrounded with enemies: Sioux, Arapahos, Blackfeet, Piegans, Cheyennes, Shoshones, Flatheads, Gros Ventres.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sacajawea, the "Bird-woman," born in the mountain region dwelt in by the Shoshones, had been made captive, when a child, by the Blackfeet, the foes of her people, and by them sold into slavery.

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse