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The Nomelaki (also spelled Nomlaki, Nome Lackee, etc.) traditionally lived in the central part of the Sacramento Valley, in Tehama and Glenn Counties. They are the central division of the Wintun Tribe.
- Where did Nomlaki come from?
- What did the Wintu tribe live in?
- What did the Nomlaki tribe eat?
- What happened to the Wintu tribe?
- Where did the Yuki tribe live?
- Where did the Shasta tribe live?
- Where is the Patwin tribe?
- What language did the Wintu speak?
- What did the Wintu tribe believe?
- What did the Wintu trade?
- What did the patwin tribe wear?
- Is the Wintu tribe federally recognized?
- Will Shasta Dam be raised?
- How many Winnemem Wintu are there?
Where did Nomlaki come from?
The Nomlaki (also Noamlakee, Central Wintu, Nomelaki) are a Wintun people native to the area of the Sacramento Valley, extending westward to the Coast Range in Northern California.
What did the Wintu tribe live in?
What were Wintu homes like in the past? The Wintus lived in earth lodges, also known as pit houses. Usually these houses were made from a cone-shaped frame of wooden poles placed over a basement-like hole dug into the ground. Then the frame would be covered with sheets of redwood bark.
What did the Nomlaki tribe eat?
The Nomlaki's primary foods were acorns, grass seeds and tubers, deer, elk, rabbits, birds, and fish. All men hunted, but some specialized in certain techniques and methods. Hunting was done both in groups and individually with bows and arrows, clubs, nets, snares, and traps.
What happened to the Wintu tribe?
Between 1830 and 1833, many Wintu died from a malaria epidemic that killed an estimated 75% of the indigenous population in the upper and central Sacramento Valley.
Where did the Yuki tribe live?
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern California, U.S. They spoke distinctive languages that are unaffiliated with any other known language.
Where did the Shasta tribe live?
Shastan, also called Sastise, North American Indian peoples that spoke related languages of Hokan stock and lived in the highlands of what is now interior northern California, in the basins of the Upper Klamath, the Scott, and the Shasta rivers.
Where is the Patwin tribe?
The Patwin (also Patween, Southern Wintu) are a band of Wintun people native to the area of Northern California. The Patwin comprise the southern branch of the Wintun group, native inhabitants of California since approximately 500 AD.
What language did the Wintu speak?
Wintu is a Penutian language of California. Originally there were at least two other dialects of this language, known as Nomlaki (or Nomalaki) and Patwin, but today only the Wintu dialect is still spoken, and by only a few elders.
What did the Wintu tribe believe?
The southern Wintun greatly influenced the development of the Kuksu cult, a religion of secret societies and rituals that spread to a number of California tribes. The cult's main purposes were to bring strength to young male initiates, to bring fertility to natural crops, and to ward off natural disasters.
What did the Wintu trade?
Various groups of Wintu also traded with each other, as their resources differed depending on where they lived. Things considered valuable by the Wintu included bows and arrows; elkskin armor; bear, deer, elk, and otter skins; woodpecker scalps; obsidian knives and spears with obsidian tips.
What did the patwin tribe wear?
Patwin men usually did not wear any clothing. The women in villages along the river made skirts or aprons from tule reeds or shredded bark. Those who lived in the hills were more apt to have skirts made of deerskin.
Is the Wintu tribe federally recognized?
They are not a federally recognized tribe, although they are working toward federal recognition. Some Winnemem Wintu feel that it is by government error rather than termination that the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not recognize them.
Will Shasta Dam be raised?
Raising the height of Shasta Dam 18½ feet would increase the capacity of Lake Shasta by about 14%, the bureau says. ... Enlarging Lake Shasta would also help endangered winter-run chinook salmon, according to the bureau. The bigger lake would mean a larger cold-water pool in the reservoir.
How many Winnemem Wintu are there?
Today the tribe's population is approximately 150. Archeological and ethnographic studies indicate that we have lived in the McCloud River area of northern California for at least 6,000 years, but our traditional knowledge and stories provide evidence we have been here for far longer.
