Salinan people

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The Salinan people are a Native American tribe indigenous to California’s central coast and inland valleys, traditionally living as hunter-gatherers and later heavily impacted by Spanish missionization.

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Salinan people canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of California
affectedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas
Spanish missions in California
surface form: Spanish mission system in California
associatedWith Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
causeOfPopulationDecline disruption of traditional lifeways
introduced diseases
mission labor conditions
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalArea California cultural area
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasAlternativeName Salinan Indians
Salinas Indians
hasEthnonym Salinan
hasModernDescendants Salinan descendants in California
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European contact
indigenousTo California, United States
surface form: California

central coast of California
inland valleys of central California
languageFamily Hokan languages
neighboringGroup Chumash people
Yokuts people
recognizedAs Native American tribe at the state or local level
region Monterey County, California
surface form: Monterey County

San Luis Obispo County
religionAfterMissionization Roman Catholicism
religionBeforeContact traditional indigenous religion
subjectTo missionization
timePeriodOfMajorChange 19th century
late 18th century
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tools
traditionalEconomy exchange with neighboring tribes
foraging
traditionalFood acorns
game animals
seeds
traditionalHousing thatched dwellings
traditionalLanguage Salinan language
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherers
traditionalRegion Salinas Valley
surface form: Salinas River Valley

Santa Lucia Range
central California coast
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plant foods
hunting

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Salinan language spokenBy Salinan people
Salinan language ethnicity Salinan people
Mission Indians ethnicallyRelatedTo Salinan people
Northern Salinan partOf Salinan people
Northern Salinan subgroupOf Salinan people
Esselen people neighboringGroup Salinan people