- a member of a Shoshonean tribe, the only tribe of the group living entirely on the Plains, formerly ranging from Wyoming to Texas, now in Oklahoma.
- the dialect of Shoshone spoken by the Comanche.
- a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
