Snake Indians

Snake Indians is a collective name given to the Northern Paiute, Bannock, and Shoshone Native American tribes.

The term "Snakes" is also used to refer to the Shoshone by British explorers David Thompson and Anthony Henday.

From 1688-1720s, when the British Empire first came into prolonged trade contact with the Western Cree and Blackfoot, both of these groups were united in a war against "the Snake Indians" of Canada.

[5] It is not clear if this term (used in this period of Canadian history) is meant to refer to the Northern Paiute people, inaccurate, or perhaps entirely unrelated.

In modern Plains Cree language, the term "kinêpikoyiniwak / ᑭᓀᐱᑯᔨᓂᐘᐠ", literally translating to "Snake Indian" refers to Shoshone people.

Ma-wo-ma, a 19th-century leader of approximately 3,000 Snake Indians (portrait by Alfred Jacob Miller , currently on display in the Walters Art Museum ).
Map of territory inhabited by the Snake Indian tribes, colloquially referred to as Snake Country