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A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
The Luiseño or Payómkawichum are an Indigenous people of California who, at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century, inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging 50 miles (80 km) from the present-day southern part of Los Angeles County to the northern part of San Diego County, and inland 30 miles (48 km).
This one is the "reference" map I'm using to create locator maps. From Cahuilla language . Colored version of outline map of the native languages of California.
Languages of the Indigenous peoples of California. —Of tribes belonging to indigenous California cultures as defined by ethnographers: see Classification of indigenous peoples of California and Native American tribes in California. —The area of this culture does not necessarily correspond with the State of California
Prior to contact with Europeans, the California region contained the highest Native American population density north of what is now Mexico. [19]: 112 Because of the temperate climate and easy access to food sources, approximately one-third of all Native Americans in the United States were living in the area of California. [23]
There is significant historical documentation of trade between Serrano peoples, other, non-Serrano Indigenous groups, and the Spanish in California during the 18th and 19th centuries. Diary accounts of trade from Franciscans and oral accounts from Native Serrano both discuss the Serrano "exploitation" of the Mojave River, and its use to ...
In the United States, 372,000 people reported speaking an Indigenous language at home in the 2010 census. [5] In Canada, 133,000 people reported speaking an Indigenous language at home in the 2011 census. [6] In Greenland, about 90% of the population speaks Greenlandic, the most widely spoken Eskaleut language.
Map of the Eel River drainage basin Athapaskan languages in California.. The Eel River Athapaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near the Eel River and Van Duzen River of northwestern California.