Maidu people

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The Maidu people are a Native American group indigenous to northern California, traditionally known for their acorn-based diet, basketry, and complex social and ceremonial life.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Maidu people canonical 15
Maidu 5
Maidu peoples 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of California
affectedBy California Gold Rush
European colonization
ceremony Kuksu ceremony
World Renewal ceremonies
country United States
culturalRevitalization basketry teaching and preservation
language revitalization programs
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasModernCommunity Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Rancheria of Maidu Indians
indigenousTo Feather River region
linked to: Sacramento Valley

Sacramento Valley
Sierra Nevada foothills
northern California
linked to: Northern California
knownFor acorn-based diet
basketry
ceremonial life
complex social organization
languageFamily Maiduan languages
Penutian languages
region California
socialOrganization patrilineal tendencies
village-based
subgroup Konkow Maidu
Mountain Maidu
Valley Maidu
traditionalCraft basket weaving
bone tools
net making
stone tools
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
trade
traditionalFood acorns
deer
fish
roots
seeds
traditionalHousing conical bark houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalHousingMaterial bark
earth
wood
traditionalLanguage Maidu language
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

Sierra Nevada foothills historicallyInhabitedBy Nisenan people
linked to: Maidu people
Kuksu religion religiousTraditionOf Maidu peoples
linked to: Maidu people
Kuksu religion practicedBy Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Maiduan languages ethnicity Maidu people
Maiduan languages hasAlternativeName Maidu family
linked to: Maidu people
Maiduan languages hasAlternativeName Maidu-Konkow-Nisenan
linked to: Maidu people
Nisenan subgroupOf Maidu people
Wintu people neighboringGroup Maidu people
Patwin neighboringPeople Maidu peoples
linked to: Maidu people
Northern Sierra Nevada inhabitedBy Nisenan people
linked to: Maidu people
Northern Sierra Nevada inhabitedBy Maidu people
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria hasPrimaryAncestry Nisenan Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Sierra Miwok neighboringGroup Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Roland B. Dixon notableWork The Northern Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Roland B. Dixon studied Maidu people
Maidu language ethnicGroup Maidu people
Maidu language hasAlternativeName Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Snow Mountain usedBy Maidu people
subject linked to: “Snow Mountain” in Maidu
Snow Mountain hasCulturalSignificanceFor Maidu people
subject linked to: “Snow Mountain” in Maidu
Yahi neighboringGroup Maidu people
subject linked to: Yahi subgroup of Yana people
Washoe people neighboringPeople Maidu people
Washo hasNeighboringLanguage Maidu
linked to: Maidu people
Yana people neighboringGroup Maidu people
California genocide victim Maidu peoples
linked to: Maidu people