Mountain Maidu

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Mountain Maidu are a subgroup of the Indigenous Maidu people traditionally inhabiting the mountainous regions of northeastern California, known for their distinct dialect and cultural practices tied to the Sierra Nevada environment.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mountain Maidu canonical 5
Concow Maidu people 2
Northeast Maidu 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
subgroup of the Maidu people
affectedBy California Gold Rush
U.S. westward expansion
alsoKnownAs Northeastern Maidu
Yamani Maidu
ceremonialPractice seasonal dances
world renewal ceremonies
colonialImpact land dispossession
missionization and assimilation pressures
continent North America
country United States
culturalArea Northern Sierra Nevada
culturalRegion California cultural area
dialectOf Maidu language
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasDialect Mountain Maidu dialect
hasOralTradition myths and legends tied to Sierra Nevada landscape
languageFamily Maiduan languages
Penutian (proposed)
linked to: Penutian languages
nativeTo Sierra Nevada mountains
linked to: Sierra Nevada
neighboringGroup Achomawi
linked to: Achomawi people

Atsugewi
Konkow Maidu
Nisenan
Washoe
partOf Native American tribes in California
populationTrend decline after European-American contact
religion traditional Maidu spiritual beliefs
subgroupOf Maidu people
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tool making
woodworking
traditionalEconomy gift exchange
trade with neighboring tribes
traditionalHousing conical bark houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalRegion Feather River watershed
northeastern California
northern Sierra Nevada
southern Cascade Range
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering
fishing
hunting
plant gathering
usesEnvironment alpine meadows
montane forests
river and creek systems

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Maidu people subgroup Mountain Maidu
Maidu language hasDialect Northeast Maidu
linked to: Mountain Maidu
Maidu language hasAlternativeName Mountain Maidu
Round Valley Reservation servesAsHomelandFor Concow Maidu people
linked to: Mountain Maidu
Round Valley Reservation ethnicGroup Concow Maidu people
linked to: Mountain Maidu
Maiduan hasSubgroup Northeast Maidu
linked to: Mountain Maidu
Konkow Maidu isRelatedEthnicallyTo Mountain Maidu
Southern Maidu relatedEthnicGroup Mountain Maidu
Valley Maidu relatedGroup Mountain Maidu