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Tipai, southwestern California and northwestern Mexico [1] La Jolla complex, southern California, ca. 6050—1000 BCE; Luiseño, southwestern California [1] Maidu, northeastern California [1] Konkow, northern California; Mechoopda, northern California; Nisenan, Southern Maidu, eastern-central California [1] Miwok, Me-wuk, central California [1]
The similar California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is an act that requires all state agencies and museums that receive state funding and that have possession or control over collections of humans remains or cultural items to provide a process for identification and repatriates of these items to appropriate tribes. [75]
The Maidu are a Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American Rivers and in Humbug Valley. In Maiduan languages, maidu means "man". Map of Maidu peoples
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
The Wintu (also Northern Wintun) are Native Americans who live in what is now Northern California. [2] They are part of a loose association of peoples known collectively as the Wintun (or Wintuan). There are three major groups that make up the Wintu speaking people. The Wintu (Northern Wintun), Nomlaki (Central Wintun), and Patwin (Southern ...
New names have been selected in consultation with California’s Native American tribes for over 30 locations in 15 counties. The California State Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 5, 2024. AP
The Round Valley Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation lying primarily in northern Mendocino County, California, United States. A small part of it extends northward into southern Trinity County. The total land area, including off-reservation trust land, is 93.939 km 2 (36.270 sq mi).
The Nisenan live in Northern California, between the Sacramento River to the west and the Sierra Mountains to the east. The southern reach went to about Cosumnes River but north of Elk Grove and the Meadowview and Pocket regions of Sacramento, and the northern reach somewhere between the northern fork of the Yuba River and the southern fork of the Feather River.