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Any Native Americans remaining in the area were to be shot. 461 Concow Maidu were forced to march under guard west out of the Sacramento Valley and through to the Coastal Range. Only 277 reached Round Valley reservation on September 18, 1863 as 150 were too ill and malnourished to finish the march, 32 died en route, and 2 escaped.
Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. Alfred L. Kroeber estimated the 1770 population of the Maidu (including the Konkow and Nisenan) as 9,000. [7] Sherburne F. Cook raised this figure slightly, to 9,500. [8] Kroeber reported the population of the Maidu in 1910 as 1,100.
The Konkow language, also known as Northwest Maidu (also Concow-Maidu, or Koyoomkʼawi in the language itself) [2] is a part of the Maiduan language group. It is spoken in California . It is severely endangered, with three remaining elders who learned to speak it as a first language, one of whom is deaf. [ 1 ]
The Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California are a federally recognized Native American tribe based in northeastern California, south of Lassen Peak. They historically have spoken the Konkow language, also known as Northeastern Maidu. They are a federally recognized Maidu tribe headquartered in Oroville [2] in Butte County.
A reconstructed Patwin reed hut at Rush Ranch Open Space, Solano County The Patwin were bordered by the Yuki in the northwest; the Nomlaki (Wintun) in the north; the Konkow (Maidu) in the northeast; the Nisenan (Maidu) and Plains Miwok in the east; the Bay Miwok to the south; the Coast Miwok in the southwest; and the Wappo, Lake Miwok, and Pomo in the west.
Historically, the tribe has spoken Konkow, a language related to the Maidu language, and as of 2010, has created digital learning materials from old recordings of Emma Cooper, made during the 1940s as a part of the war effort.
Location of Mooretown Rancheria. The Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians (Northwest Maidu: c’ici:) [1] of California is a federally recognized tribe of Concow and Maidu people in Butte County.
In 1839 John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant of German origin, settled in Alta California and began building a fortified settlement on a land grant of 48,827 acres (197.60 km 2) at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers. He had been given the land by the Mexican government, supposedly under the stipulation that it would help to keep ...