Southern Pomo

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Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Pomo canonical 8
Southern Pomo language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of California
Native American people
affectedBy California mission system
Russian colonial presence at Fort Ross
colonizedBy Spanish Empire
continent North America
culturalRegion California cultural area
currentStatus language severely endangered
many members enrolled in several federally recognized Pomo tribes
ethnographicSource documented by anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber
documented by anthropologist Samuel Barrett
hasCulturalRevitalizationEfforts language revitalization programs
traditional basketry revival
language Southern Pomo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern Pomo language
languageFamily Hokan (proposed)
Pomoan languages
laterColonizedBy Government of Mexico
surface form: Mexican government

United States government
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

United States of America
surface form: United States
nativeTo Northern California
partOf Pomo cultural area
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government (as part of various federally recognized Pomo tribes)
relatedGroup Central Pomo
Eastern Pomo
Kashaya Pomo
Northern Pomo
Southeastern Pomo
subgroupOf Pomo people
surface form: Pomo peoples
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tool making
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring Pomo and other California groups
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses
semi-subterranean earth lodges
traditionalReligion Kuksu religion (historically)
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Alexander Valley AVA
surface form: Alexander Valley

North Coast of California
surface form: California North Coast

Dry Creek
surface form: Dry Creek area

Lake County, California
Mendocino County
surface form: Mendocino County, California

Russian River Valley
Russian River Valley
surface form: Russian River region

Santa Rosa Plain
Sonoma County, California

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Coast Miwok sharesTribeWith Southern Pomo
Pomo hasDialect Southern Pomo
Pomo people hasLanguage Southern Pomo
this entity surface form: Southern Pomo language
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria primaryAncestralLanguage Southern Pomo
this entity surface form: Southern Pomo language
Southern Pomo language Southern Pomo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Southern Pomo language
Pomoan languages hasMember Southern Pomo
Pomoan languages languageFamilyOf Southern Pomo
Eastern Pomo hasNeighboringLanguage Southern Pomo
Northern Pomo isDistinctFrom Southern Pomo