Achomawi people

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The Achomawi people are a Native American group traditionally living in northeastern California, known for their fishing, basketry, and rich oral traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Achomawi people canonical 9
Achomawi 4
Pit River people 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people of California ⓘ
affectedBy California Gold Rush ⓘ
forced relocation ⓘ
missionization and assimilation policies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
Plateau cultural area (bordering) ⓘ
currentRegion Lassen County, California ⓘ
linked to: Lassen County

Modoc County, California ⓘ
Shasta County, California ⓘ
linked to: Shasta County

Siskiyou County, California ⓘ
economy contemporary mixed wage labor and traditional practices ⓘ
governingBody Pit River Tribe Tribal Council ⓘ
historicalPopulation severely reduced after European contact ⓘ
knownFor basketry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
language Achumawi language ⓘ
languageFamily Hokan (proposed) ⓘ
Palaihnihan languages ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern California ⓘ
oralTradition creation stories ⓘ
myths and legends about Coyote ⓘ
place-based narratives ⓘ
partOf Pit River Tribe (federally recognized tribe) ⓘ
linked to: Pit River tribes
recognizedBy United States federal government ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Atsugewi people ⓘ
Pit River Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Pit River tribes
religion Christianity (some members) ⓘ
Native American Church (some members) ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCraft basket weaving ⓘ
net making ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource acorns ⓘ
roots and bulbs ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
trout ⓘ
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
sweat houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Modoc Plateau ⓘ
Pit River ⓘ
Pit River region ⓘ
linked to: Pit River Valley

southern Cascade Range foothills ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Nisenan → neighboringPeople → Achomawi ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Wintu people → neighboringGroup → Achomawi people ⓘ
Shasta people → neighboringGroup → Achomawi (Pit River) people ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Achumawi language → ethnicGroup → Pit River people ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Achumawi language → spokenIn → Pit River Indian communities ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Pit River → associatedPeople → Achomawi people ⓘ
Yana people → neighboringGroup → Achomawi people ⓘ
California genocide → victim → Achomawi people ⓘ
Shasta → neighboringGroup → Achomawi ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Round Valley Reservation → servesAsHomelandFor → Pit River people ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Round Valley Reservation → ethnicGroup → Pit River people ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Atsugewi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Achomawi people ⓘ
Atsugewi people → neighboringGroup → Achomawi people ⓘ
Wintu → neighboringGroup → Achomawi ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people
Wintun people → neighboringGroup → Achomawi people ⓘ
Mountain Maidu → neighboringGroup → Achomawi ⓘ
linked to: Achomawi people