Southern Pomo

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Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Pomo canonical 8
Southern Pomo language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of California
Native American people
affectedBy California mission system
Russian colonial presence at Fort Ross
colonizedBy Spanish Empire
continent North America
culturalRegion California cultural area
currentStatus language severely endangered
many members enrolled in several federally recognized Pomo tribes
ethnographicSource documented by anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber
documented by anthropologist Samuel Barrett
hasCulturalRevitalizationEfforts language revitalization programs
traditional basketry revival
language Southern Pomo language
linked to: Southern Pomo
languageFamily Hokan (proposed)
Pomoan languages
laterColonizedBy Mexican government
United States government
locatedIn California
United States
nativeTo Northern California
partOf Pomo cultural area
recognizedBy United States federal government (as part of various federally recognized Pomo tribes)
relatedGroup Central Pomo
Eastern Pomo
Kashaya Pomo
Northern Pomo
Southeastern Pomo
subgroupOf Pomo peoples
linked to: Pomo people
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tool making
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring Pomo and other California groups
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalReligion Kuksu religion (historically)
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Alexander Valley
California North Coast
Dry Creek area
linked to: Dry Creek

Lake County, California
Mendocino County, California
linked to: Mendocino County

Russian River Valley
Russian River region
Santa Rosa Plain
Sonoma County, California

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Coast Miwok sharesTribeWith Southern Pomo
Pomo hasDialect Southern Pomo
Pomo people hasLanguage Southern Pomo language
linked to: Southern Pomo
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria primaryAncestralLanguage Southern Pomo language
linked to: Southern Pomo
Southern Pomo language Southern Pomo language
linked to: Southern Pomo
Pomoan languages hasMember Southern Pomo
Pomoan languages languageFamilyOf Southern Pomo
Eastern Pomo hasNeighboringLanguage Southern Pomo
Northern Pomo isDistinctFrom Southern Pomo