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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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