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The current tribal name "Mono" is a Yokutsan loanword from the tribe's western neighbors, the Yokuts, who however hereby designated the Owens valley Paiutes as the southernmost Northern Paiute band living around "owens lake" / Mono Lake as monachie/monoache ("fly people") because fly larvae was their chief food staple and trading article [4 ...
Mono Lake (/ ˈ m oʊ n oʊ / MOH-noh) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline .
The Kucadɨkadɨ's homeland surrounds Mono Lake in eastern California, but they traditionally traveled to Walker Lake, Nevada for seasonal subsistence activities. Mono Lake is a high piedmont area of the Sierra Nevada, the average elevation in the Mono Lake basin is around 6,400 feet (2,000 m) above sea level. The surrounding mountains range ...
The Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans. The Tule River Reservation is located in Tulare County, California . [ 1 ] : 137 The reservation was made up of Yokuts , about 200 Yowlumne, Wukchumnis , [ 2 ] and Western Mono and Tübatulabal . [ 3 ]
Contemporary groups connected to the Ahwahneechee include the American Indian Council of Mariposa County, Inc. (or Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation), the Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a, and the following federally recognized tribes: Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California
SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont museum has acquired a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art and is planning to construct a $12.6 million facility to house the pieces that make up ...
Location of Bridgeport Indian Colony. The Bridgeport Indian Colony has a federal reservation in Mono County, close to the Nevada border, in the unincorporated community of Bridgeport, California. The reservation is 72 acres (290,000 m 2) large. Approximately fifty-five (55) Tribal Members live on the Colony, currently one hundred and five ...
The Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation (Timbisha (Shoshone) language: Noompai) [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Native American Indians near Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. They are related to the Owens Valley Paiute. [2]