Maidu people

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The Maidu people are a Native American group indigenous to northern California, traditionally known for their acorn-based diet, basketry, and complex social and ceremonial life.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Maidu people canonical 15
Maidu 5
Maidu peoples 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of California
affectedBy California Gold Rush
European colonization
ceremony Kuksu ceremony
World Renewal ceremonies
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRevitalization basketry teaching and preservation
language revitalization programs
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasModernCommunity Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
surface form: Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California

Rancheria of Maidu Indians
indigenousTo Sacramento Valley
surface form: Feather River region

Sacramento Valley
Sierra Nevada foothills
Northern California
surface form: northern California
knownFor acorn-based diet
basketry
ceremonial life
complex social organization
languageFamily Maiduan languages
Penutian languages
region California, United States
surface form: California
socialOrganization patrilineal tendencies
village-based
subgroup Konkow Maidu
Mountain Maidu
Valley Maidu
traditionalCraft basket weaving
bone tools
net making
stone tools
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
trade
traditionalFood acorns
deer
fish
roots
seeds
traditionalHousing conical bark houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalHousingMaterial bark
earth
wood
traditionalLanguage Maidu language
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

Sierra Nevada foothills historicallyInhabitedBy Maidu people
this entity surface form: Nisenan people
Kuksu religion religiousTraditionOf Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu peoples
Kuksu religion practicedBy Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu
Maiduan languages ethnicity Maidu people
Maiduan languages hasAlternativeName Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu family
Maiduan languages hasAlternativeName Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu-Konkow-Nisenan
Nisenan subgroupOf Maidu people
Wintu people neighboringGroup Maidu people
Patwin neighboringPeople Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu peoples
Northern Sierra Nevada inhabitedBy Maidu people
this entity surface form: Nisenan people
Northern Sierra Nevada inhabitedBy Maidu people
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria hasEthnicComposition Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria hasPrimaryAncestry Maidu people
this entity surface form: Nisenan Maidu
Sierra Miwok neighboringGroup Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu
Roland B. Dixon notableWork Maidu people
this entity surface form: The Northern Maidu
Roland B. Dixon studied Maidu people
Maidu language ethnicGroup Maidu people
Maidu language hasAlternativeName Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu
“Snow Mountain” in Maidu usedBy Maidu people
subject surface form: Snow Mountain
“Snow Mountain” in Maidu hasCulturalSignificanceFor Maidu people
subject surface form: Snow Mountain
Yahi subgroup of Yana people neighboringGroup Maidu people
subject surface form: Yahi
Washoe people neighboringPeople Maidu people
Washo hasNeighboringLanguage Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu
Yana people neighboringGroup Maidu people
California genocide victim Maidu people
this entity surface form: Maidu peoples