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What tribe was sacajuwea in?

Shoshones


What is the population of the Shoshone tribe in 2000?

12,000 people identified as Shoshones Hope it helps :) (Also sorry if I spelled anything wrong)


Who is Sacagawea's brother?

His name was Cameahwait; he was chief of the Shoshone Indians.


Was it the schshone tribe that sacgawea's brother was chief?

The brother of Tsakakawia was called Cameahwait, chief of the LEMHI band of Shoshones. At that time there was no chief of all the Shoshone bands.


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Sacagawea helped the corps of discovery by guiding them through the the land of the Shoshones.


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What was the name of the chief of the Shoshone tribe?

The Shoshone people existed in many different bands over many hundreds of years, so naturally they had more than one chief. The most famous is probably Washakie of the Eastern Shoshones. He saw the futility of fighting the ever-growing number of white settlers, so instead he offered them support and protection. He had been born in the early 1800s and his father was a Flathead, but like most Plains people he took the tribe of his mother - the Shoshones. He rose to prominence as a chief in the 1830s, becoming principal chief in 1843.


What were the shoshones attitude toward the Lewis and clark expedition?

The Shoshones had a positive attitude towards the Lewis and Clark expedition as they were able to establish friendly relations and trade with them for much-needed supplies such as horses. The expedition also helped the Shoshones by assisting in resolving conflicts with rival tribes.


How did Sacagawea's brother help the corps?

by giving the expedition the shoshones horses


What was Shoshones lifestyle like?

Nobody knows for sure but I think it depended on where the Shoshone were.


Who are the Yaqui Indians descendants of?

The Yaqui or Yoeme tribe speak a language belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family. Their folk mythology states that they descend from a "race of short humans" called Surem; many other tribes have similar stories of mythical dwarfs in their distant past. The truth is that they probably descend from a prehistoric ancestor tribe who were also the ancestors of the Utes, Shoshones and Comanches.