Southern Maidu

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Southern Maidu are a Native American people indigenous to the central Sierra Nevada foothills and Sacramento Valley region of California, known for their distinct language, basketry, and traditional lifeways.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Maidu canonical 8
Southern Maidu language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
colonialEncounterWith American settlers ⓘ
Mexican authorities ⓘ
Spanish colonizers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
currentIssues cultural revitalization ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
language preservation ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
experienced population decline after European contact ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasOralTradition yes ⓘ
indigenousTo California ⓘ
Sacramento Valley ⓘ
central Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
northern California ⓘ
linked to: Northern California
knownFor distinct basketry ⓘ
traditional lifeways ⓘ
language Southern Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Maidu
languageFamily Maiduan languages ⓘ
Penutian languages ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
region Sacramento Valley ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Konkow ⓘ
Mountain Maidu ⓘ
Nisenan ⓘ
state California ⓘ
subgroupOf Maidu people ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
traditionalFood acorns ⓘ
deer ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
traditionalHousing conical bark houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes American River region ⓘ
Bear River region ⓘ
Feather River drainage area ⓘ
Yuba River region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Maidu language → hasDialect → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Maiduan → hasPart → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Maiduan → hasSubgroup → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Nisenan language → alternativeName → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Mountain Nisenan → relatedGroup → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Auburn Rancheria → ethnicGroup → Southern Maidu ⓘ
Southern Maidu → language → Southern Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Maidu