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 Great Basin classification of Indigenous People.

It is primarily spoken on the Fort Hall and Wind River reservations in Idaho and Wyoming, respectively.

[1] 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: The Northern Shoshone have people who are members of three federally recognized tribes in Idaho and Utah: