Atsugewi people

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The Atsugewi people are a Native American group traditionally living in the northeastern region of what is now California, known for their distinct language, basketry, and close relationship with the Pit River environment.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atsugewi people canonical 6
Apwaruge (juniper-tree people) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of California ⓘ
affectedBy California Gold Rush ⓘ
disease epidemics ⓘ
forced relocation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
Northwestern Plateau (border area) ⓘ
currentAffiliation Pit River Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Pit River tribes
documentedBy anthropologist Walter Goldschmidt ⓘ
documentedIn Handbook of North American Indians ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasSubgroup Apwaruge (juniper-tree people) ⓘ
linked to: Atsugewi people

Atsuge (pine-tree people) ⓘ
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European-American contact ⓘ
knownFor basketry ⓘ
close relationship with the Pit River environment ⓘ
use of local plant resources ⓘ
language Atsugewi language ⓘ
languageFamily Hokan (proposed) ⓘ
Palaihnihan languages ⓘ
neighboringGroup Achomawi people ⓘ
Maidu people ⓘ
Yana people ⓘ
partOf Pit River Indian groups ⓘ
linked to: Pit River tribes
recognizedBy United States federal government (via Pit River Tribe) ⓘ
region Northern California ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Achomawi people ⓘ
Pit River tribes ⓘ
religion shamanism ⓘ
traditional Native American religion ⓘ
state California ⓘ
traditionalCraft basket weaving ⓘ
net making ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing conical bark houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Pit River region ⓘ
foothills of the southern Cascades ⓘ
northeastern California ⓘ
southern Cascade Range ⓘ
usesResource acorns ⓘ
deer ⓘ
pine nuts ⓘ
salmon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Pit River → associatedPeople → Atsugewi people ⓘ
Atsugewi people → hasSubgroup → Apwaruge (juniper-tree people) ⓘ
linked to: Atsugewi people
Achomawi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Atsugewi people ⓘ
Atsugewi language → ethnicGroup → Atsugewi people ⓘ
Atsugewi language → usedBy → Atsugewi people ⓘ