rode down the frozen bluff and massacred some 350 Northwestern Shoshone Indians - the largest slaughter of Native Americans in the history of the country. Alliances formed among these villages, and during warmer seasons larger groups gathered for hunting or social functions, Hughes notes. The Shoshone religion was Shoshone rituals. Where did the Shoshone Indians live in California? All photos are by Tory Taylor. The older system, developed in the 1970s, called the Crum-Miller system is more phonemically based whereas the newer system developed by Idaho State University is more phonetically based. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The Shoshone people were hunter-gatherers and relied heavily on the wildlife, such as buffalo, deer, and elk, to maintain their food supply throughout the winter. The two groups maintained friendships and worked closely together for several decades planting crops and building shelters. The Shoshone tribes believed not that they owned the land, but that they were one with the land in which they inhabited. Native American art,