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n. - A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.

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  • Division and band names often followed the Shoshoni custom of referring to a type of food.
  • After acquisition of the horse, additional groups broke away from the Shoshoni up to about 1830.
  • At the time of their first separation from the Shoshoni, the Comanche probably numbered about 10,000.
  • These tribes drifted down from Canada into what is now Montana driving the Kootenay and Shoshoni before them.
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