Wintun people

E491576

The Wintun people are a group of Native American tribes indigenous to Northern California, traditionally inhabiting the Sacramento Valley and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Wintun 6
Wintun people canonical 5
Wintun peoples 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
affectedBy California genocide
continent North America
country United States
culturalPractice basketry
dance ceremonies
oral tradition
currentLocation California
reservations in Northern California
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasSubgroup Nomlaki people
Patwin people
linked to: Patwin peoples

Wintu people
historicalEvent contact with Spanish colonizers in late 18th century
displacement during California Gold Rush
indigenousTo Northern California
languageFamily Wintuan languages
linguisticAffiliation Penutian language phylum (proposed)
linked to: Penutian languages
neighboringGroup Achomawi people
Maidu people
Pomo people
Yana people
partOf Native American tribes in California
recognizedAs federally recognized tribes (various bands)
region Sacramento River
Sacramento Valley
subgroup Nomlaki people
Patwin people
linked to: Patwin peoples

Wintu people
traditionalCraft basket weaving
stone tool making
traditionalEconomy hunter-gatherer
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean earth lodges
thatched houses
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering
fishing
hunting
seed gathering
traditionalTerritory Coast Ranges of Northern California
Sacramento Valley
Trinity River region
linked to: Trinity River Basin
usesResource acorns as staple food
salmon from Sacramento River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Patwin subgroupOf Wintun people
Sutter Buttes culturalSignificanceFor Wintun people
Suisun City, California namedAfter Suisun people
subject linked to: City of Suisun City, California
linked to: Wintun people
Wintuan ethnicity Wintun people
Patwin peoples subgroupOf Wintun peoples
linked to: Wintun people
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument hasTraditionalTerritoryOf Wintun peoples
linked to: Wintun people
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians ethnicGroup Wintun
linked to: Wintun people
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians category Wintun
linked to: Wintun people
Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians usesTerm Wintun Indians
linked to: Wintun people
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians partOf Wintun peoples
linked to: Wintun people
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians ethnolinguisticGroup Wintun
linked to: Wintun people
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians category Wintun tribe
linked to: Wintun people
Southern Wintun subgroupOf Wintun people
Nomlaki subgroupOf Wintun
linked to: Wintun people