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Wiyot, northwestern California [1] Yana, northern-central California [1] Yahi; Yokuts, central and southern California [1] Chukchansi, Foothill Yokuts, central California [1] Northern Valley Yokuts, central California [1] Tachi tribe, Southern Valley Yokuts, south-central California [1] Yuki, Ukomno'm, northwestern California [1]
California has the largest population of Native Americans out of any state, with 1,252,083 identifying an "American Indian or Alaska Native" tribe as a component of their race (14.6% of the nation-wide total). [59]
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 "person".
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
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.
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
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ...
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 ...