Wintu people

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The Wintu people are an Indigenous group of Northern California whose traditional homeland centers around the upper Sacramento River region.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wintu people canonical 7
Nomlaki people 2
Wintun 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
ethnic group
alternativeName Wintun
linked to: Wintu people
colonizingPower Mexico
Spain
United States
contemporaryIssue land and water rights in Northern California
language revitalization
country United States
culturalRegion California cultural area
ethnonym Wintu
historicalEvent California Gold Rush
historicalImpact population decline due to disease and violence in the 19th century
language Wintu language
languageFamily Penutian languages
Wintuan languages
locatedIn Northern California
neighboringGroup Achomawi people
Maidu people
Nomlaki people
Shasta people
Yana people
notableRiver McCloud River
Sacramento River
Trinity River
recognizedTribe Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians
Redding Rancheria
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians
Wintu Tribe of Northern California
region Shasta County, California
linked to: Shasta County

Siskiyou County, California
Tehama County, California
linked to: Tehama County

Trinity County, California
religion Christianity
Native American Church
traditional Wintu religion
traditionalCraft basketry
weaving
traditionalFood acorn mush
salmon
traditionalHomeland McCloud River region
linked to: McCloud River

Pit River region
Sacramento Valley
Trinity River region
linked to: Trinity River Basin

upper Sacramento River region
traditionalHousing bark houses
semi-subterranean houses
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering
fishing
hunting
plant gathering

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Shasta isSacredTo Wintu people
Kuksu religion religiousTraditionOf Wintun peoples
linked to: Wintu people
Kuksu religion practicedBy Wintun
linked to: Wintu people
Indigenous peoples of California includesEthnicGroup Nomlaki people
linked to: Wintu people
Wintun Glacier namedAfter Wintun people
linked to: Wintu people
Wintuan languages ethnicity Wintun peoples
linked to: Wintu people
Wintuan languages spokenBy Wintu people
Wintuan languages spokenBy Nomlaki people
linked to: Wintu people
Wintu people alternativeName Wintun
linked to: Wintu people
Yahi neighboringGroup Wintu people
subject linked to: Yahi subgroup of Yana people
Wintu language spokenBy Wintu people
Yana people neighboringGroup Wintu people
Chimariko people neighboringPeople Wintu people