Salinas Indians

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Salinas Indians refers to the Salinan people, a Native American group indigenous to California’s central coast region.

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Salinas Indians canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish mission system in California ⓘ
alternateName Salinan Indians ⓘ
Salinan people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture central California coastal hunter-gatherers ⓘ
colonialEncounter Spanish Empire ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContinuity descendants continue cultural traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
currentStatus state-recognized or locally organized descendant communities ⓘ
unrecognized tribe by the United States federal government ⓘ
economy trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
ethnographicSource studied by early 20th-century anthropologists ⓘ
hasEthnonym Salinan ⓘ
historicalPeriod American period in California ⓘ
Mexican period in California ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ
pre-contact era of California ⓘ
languageStatus extinct language ⓘ
locatedIn Central Coast of California ⓘ
missionAssociation Mission San Antonio de Padua ⓘ
Mission San Miguel Arcángel ⓘ
neighboringGroup Chumash people ⓘ
Ohlone people ⓘ
linked to: Ohlone peoples

Yokuts people ⓘ
populationTrend severe decline after European contact ⓘ
preContactHousing domed dwellings ⓘ
preContactSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering of wild plant foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
region California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
religion traditional Native Californian spiritual practices ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Salinan language ⓘ
traditionalLanguageFamily Hokan language family ⓘ
linked to: Hokan languages
traditionalTerritory Monterey County, California ⓘ
San Luis Obispo County, California ⓘ
Santa Lucia Range ⓘ
southern Salinas Valley ⓘ

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Salinan people → hasAlternativeName → Salinas Indians ⓘ