Hill Nisenan

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Hill Nisenan are a subgroup of the Nisenan people, an Indigenous Maidu-speaking community traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hill Nisenan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
subgroup of the Nisenan people ⓘ
affectedBy California Gold Rush ⓘ
U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea California cultural area ⓘ
currentEffort cultural revitalization ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Northern California ⓘ
hasAutonymLanguage Nisenan ⓘ
hasEthnonym Hill Nisenan ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and stories tied to Sierra Nevada landscape ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
indigenousTo California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California ⓘ
languageFamily Maiduan languages ⓘ
largerLinguisticFamily Maidu ⓘ
locatedIn Northern California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
partOf California Native American tribes ⓘ
Maidu-speaking communities ⓘ
regionType foothill ⓘ
relatedGroup Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people

Valley Nisenan ⓘ
sharesCeremoniesWith other Nisenan groups ⓘ
sharesCultureWith Nisenan people ⓘ
sharesLanguageWith Nisenan people ⓘ
sharesTerritoryWith other Maidu-speaking groups ⓘ
subgroupOf Nisenan people ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
traditionalEconomy seasonal round of resource use ⓘ
traditionalHousing conical bark houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Nisenan language ⓘ
traditionalRegion American River watershed ⓘ
Bear River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Bear River

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Yuba River watershed ⓘ
traditionalReligion Native Californian spiritual traditions ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
plant foraging ⓘ
usesResource foothill game animals ⓘ
oak woodlands ⓘ
riverine fisheries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nisenan → neighboringGroup → Hill Nisenan ⓘ
Hill Nisenan → hasEthnonym → Hill Nisenan ⓘ