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Shoshone?

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I believe that Sacagawea has been referred to as a Snake Indian (or it is said that she spoke Snake, per this: Sacagawea#The Lewis and Clark expeditions). Did the term "Snake Indian" per this article include the Shoshone or this a completely separate usage? Should the first paragraph of the Shoshone article have the link go to this article instead of Snake (disambiguation) (which only mentions the Shoshone)?Katr67 (talk) 22:48, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The "Snake" people were Western Shoshone, of whom both the Paiute & Bannock people were a part. The Snake River was a boundary of their territory. Properly this article should be merged with & redirect to Western Shoshone.