They are just one of many lost Anishinabe Tribes. They are really Anishinabe. Below is a map of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation from the late 1880s. The Cheyenne are Algonquian! Their original homeland was located in the Montana-Wyoming region, and also included land in the Great Basin of the western United States, which includes California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. Around 1,000 to 1,300 years ago, prophecy driven Anishinabe soldiers forced their way towards the west from the Great Lakes region, and brought nearly all of western North America under their control. They subjugated the native tribes of that region. One of those native tribes were the Ute people. Their language is classified as belonging to the Uto-Aztecan Language family which is partly Anishinabe and non Anishinabe. To be Specific, the Shoshone Language is classified as Numic. Shoshone is probably derived from the Anishinabe word for southerner which is Shaw-an-ni. The whites dropped the "an" in Shawanni and simply pronounced the word as Shaw-ni. Simply drop the first "sho" in Shoshone and we get Sho-ne. Shawnee is Anishinabe for south. It is not "sha-wan." It is "shaw-nee." Sho-ne and Shaw-nee!
Of course, the whites were referring to the Anishinabe people. They also used another name for the Shoshone and that was "Snake Indians" which signifies the whites considered them their enemy. Present day Shoshone People need to wake up to what the whites are corrupting. That be the Shoshone History! A late 19th century map below will help you learn the truth. It is of the Crow-Northern Cheyenne Reservation. If you carefully look over the late 19th century map you will see the Northern Cheyenne Reservation adjoining the Crow Reservation. You will see "Nor Shoshone Ind Res" where "Nor Cheyenne Ind Res" should be written. Of course, the Cheyenne are another lost Anishinabe Tribe. They know they are Algonquian and originally lived in the Great Lakes region but they do not know that they are Anishinabe, as the Shoshone do not realize they are Anishinabe. Cheyenne is really the Anishinabe word for south which is Shawan or shaw-an.
When the first whites (they were Spanish) appeared in Shoshoni country, they eventually learned that two different peoples existed. One were the Anishinabe subjugators, while the other were Utes who were being subjugated by the powerful Anishinabe Nation. That occurred in possibly the early 17th century. White historians recorded that a large group of Shoshoni left their homes in the Montana-Wyoming region, and forced their way to the New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas region. They did so to battle the white (Spanish) invaders. They eventually brought the Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas region under Anishinabe control, and then they brought Mexico back under Anishinabe control by 1820. They are known as the Comanche. After the whites invented the revolver they wasted little time putting the new weapon to use against the Anishinabe Nation. The whites forced their way in to the east of Texas by 1836. By the 1850s, the whites had forced their way in to the California, Oregon, and Washington region and were commencing their invasion in to the country of the Shoshone. That be the Great Basin region.
In the early 1850s, the United States was deliberately causing trouble in Indian Territory (that was located in present day Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma) and it escalated into the so called 1861-1865 American Civil War. In the late 1840s up to the late 1860s, the whites fought a series of wars against the Anishinabe Nation located in the Great Basin and up in the Montana-Washington-Wyoming region. Once the whites became acquainted with the Great Basin region, they quickly grew to dislike the region and after the wars ended they thought it their best interest to set aside the entire Great Basin to be a huge Reservation for the Anishinabe Nation and their allies. Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming were included in that huge Reservation, as was western South Dakota. When these wars were being fought, the United States actively sought to form alliances with the Bannacks and Utes who were being subjugated by the Anishinabe Nation. Some of the Bannacks and Utes obviously joined the whites to help the whites destroy Native American Nations. It was not only the Bannacks and Utes the whites sought to form alliances with but also Sahaptians (they be Nez Perce) and Salish peoples. Many of them joined with white soldiers to help the whites destroy Native American Nations (themselves).
After the last wars (the 1876-1877 Black Hills War, and the 1878 Ute War, and 1879 Sheepeater War) ended, peace came but the whites refused to honor treaty agreements with the Anishinabe Nation. The United States created the filthy 1887 Dawes Act which was created specifically to eradicate the Promised Land, or the huge Reservation the United States set aside in the Great Basin region and in the Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, western South Dakota and Washington region. Afterwards, many much smaller Reservations were set aside for the Anishinabek and the Utes, Sahaptians, and the Salish. All Reservations established before 1887 in the Great Basin region, were established for the Sahaptians and Utes. All Reservations established in the western United States in 1887 and after 1887, are Anishinabe Reservations. They were established for small groups of Anishinabe people who followed the Seven Fires Prophecy and fled towards the west. Most ended up in California. Below is a list of the Shoshone Reservations.
Wind River Reservation of Wyoming
It covers 3,473 sq. mi.
Population is 23,237 (most are non Indian).
Language is Uto-Aztecan and Anishinabe
Northern Cheyenne Reservation of Montana
It covers 707 sq. mi.
Population is 4,789.
Language is Anishinabe
Cheyenne Agency Reservation of South Dakota
It covers 4,267 sq. mi.
Population is 8,470.
Language is Dakota
Arapaho-Cheyenne of Oklahoma
It covers 6,710 sq. mi. Reservation Stolen.
Population is 12,185.
Language is Anishinabe
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache of Oklahoma
It covers 3,889 sq. mi. Reservation Stolen.
Population is 14,700.
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone of California
It covers over 12.0 sq. mi. or over 7,700 acres.
Population is over 300 but only around 50 live at Furnace Creek.
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Duck Valley Reservation of Idaho-Nevada
It covers 450 sq. mi.
Population is 1,265.
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho
It covers 814 sq. mi.
Population is 5,762 (most may be non Indian).
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Fort Washakie Reservation of Utah
It covers ? sq. mi.
Population is ?.
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Goshute Reservation of Nevada-Utah
It covers 177 sq. mi.
Population is 105.
Language is Uto-Aztecan
Elko Reservation of Nevada
It covers ?.
Population is ?.
Language is Uto-Aztecan