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.

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (65)

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
Kuksu spirit-being → associatedWith → Maidu people ⓘ
Miwok → neighboringGroup → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Atsugewi people → neighboringGroup → Maidu people ⓘ
Maiduan → ethnicGroup → Maidu people ⓘ
Maiduan → usedBy → Maidu people ⓘ
William Shipley → ethnicGroupStudied → Maidu people ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist William Shipley
William Shipley → languageStudied → Maidu ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist William Shipley
linked to: Maidu people
Nisenan language → alternativeName → Nisenan Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Patwin peoples → neighboringGroup → Maidu peoples ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Hill Nisenan → relatedGroup → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Washoe → neighboringPeople → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Nomlaki people → neighboringGroup → Maidu people ⓘ
Nomlaki → neighboringGroup → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Central Yana → hasNeighboringGroup → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people
Wintun people → neighboringGroup → Maidu people ⓘ
Me-Wuk people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maidu people ⓘ
Konkow Maidu → subgroupOf → Maidu people ⓘ
Kuksu ceremony → practicedBy → Maidu people ⓘ
Rancheria of Maidu Indians → hasPeople → Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people