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//**The meaning of Shoshone is the inn valley or the inland. The historical documents of the Lewis and Clark expedition often refer to them as the snake Indians. There total population was at most 8000 people. Sacagawea was one of these Indians. They mostly ate berries, roots, rabbit, antelope, and buffalo. They changed what they wore through the seasons they wore light clothes during summer and heavier animal hide in the winter. They didn’t start trading until the 1700’s when they got horses. There leader was the medicine man of the tribe.**// []
 * Shoshone Indians:**
 * By Billy Shall **

**Nez Perce:** ** //These Indians original homes are Idaho, Washington (the state), and Oregon. The women of the tribe were responsible for cleaning homes, cooking food, and making clothes. Only the men were made chiefs but both women and men were story tellers, artwork, music, and traditional medicine. They originally lived in earth homes which were built from digging in an underground room. Nez Perce women wore dresses made from dear skin. Men wore breech clothes and leggings they also wore bull skin shirts. The Nez Perce men hunted for elk, deer, and once when they had horses they hunted buffalo. The women gathered roots, berries, nuts, and seeds to balance there diets. The weapons they used were spears and bow and arrows. [] //**
 * By: Billy Shall**

The Far West is made up of the Pacific Coast and the coast of California. Also in the area is the Intermountain Region. Generally the climate was to dry for farming The Nez Perces Indians mostly dieted on salmon berries and roots. While the Pomos mostly ate many different plants as food. Also they loved to eat acorns. First they would crack them then sifted it in flour and put the meal in a basket to eat. Pomo Indians speak pomian languages. They lived in houses made out of wood. They are linked by languages, culture, and location. In 1851 there were 5000 Pomo Indians in the Far West. Also like most tribes the Pomos made there own dances and dance style. By: Aaron VanSickles

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