Shasta people

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The Shasta people are a Native American tribe indigenous to northern California and southern Oregon, traditionally living around the Klamath River and Mount Shasta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Native American people
indigenous people of the United States
language family
affectedBy U.S. Indian removal and reservation policies
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice ceremonial dances
oral tradition
culturalRegion Cascade Range foothills
Klamath Basin
surface form: Klamath River basin
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasSacredSite Mount Shasta
historicalEvent contact with Euro-American settlers in the 19th century
displacement during the California Gold Rush
indigenousTo northern California
southern Oregon
language Shasta language
languageFamily Hokan (proposed)
Shastan languages
neighboringGroup Achomawi people
surface form: Achomawi (Pit River) people

Karuk people
Klamath people
Modoc people
Yurok people
presentDayCommunity residents of northern California
residents of southern Oregon
subgroupOf Indigenous peoples of California
surface form: California Native Americans

Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area (broadly defined)

Indigenous peoples of the Plateau
surface form: Plateau tribes
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tool making
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes
traditionalFood acorns
deer
roots and berries
salmon
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean plank houses
sweat houses
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Klamath Basin
surface form: Klamath River region

Shasta Cascade region
surface form: Mount Shasta region
usesMaterial bear grass (for basketry)
cedar wood
obsidian

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Mount Shasta isSacredTo Shasta people
Shasta County namedAfter Shasta people
Shasta language spokenBy Shasta people
Shasta language ethnicity Shasta people
Wintu people neighboringGroup Shasta people
Roland B. Dixon studied Shasta people
Siletz Reservation homeTo Shasta people
this entity surface form: Shasta peoples
Takelma people relatedEthnicGroup Shasta people
Shasta Valley Shasta ethnicGroup Shasta people
Shasta Valley Shasta usedBy Shasta people
this entity surface form: Shasta elders (historically and in recent times)
Shastan ethnicGroup Shasta people
Shastan usedBy Shasta people
Sasti spokenBy Shasta people
Sasti ethnicity Shasta people
Chasta Costa associatedPeople Shasta people
Shastan languages ethnicGroup Shasta people
Scott Valley Shasta ethnicGroup Shasta people
Chimariko people neighboringPeople Shasta people